MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Reviews of Deerskin, Nowhere Special, The Croods 2: A New Age, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Fear Street: 1666, The Forever Purge, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Two of Us
Jean Dujardin (left) in Deerskin
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Deerskin (15)
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
★★★★
THE bonkers film of the week has to be writer-director Quentin Dupieux’s deliciously twisted comedy horror about a middle-aged man and his obsessive love for his designer deerskin jacket which takes killer style to a whole new level.
It is a return to form for Dupieux, having explored the exploits of a homicidal car tyre in Rubber.
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