MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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I Care A Lot
MARIA DUARTE recommends a film about the chilling lengths some people will go to exploit the elderly and vulnerable — as long they don’t fight back
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
I Care A Lot
Directed by J Blakeson
“PLAYING fair is a joke invented by rich people to keep the rest of us poor; I’ve been poor and it doesn’t agree with me, ” says ruthless and crooked legal guardian Marla Grayson as she justifies her pursuit of the American Dream by scamming the elderly out of their homes, their savings and their lives — all within the confines of the law.
Inspired by horrendous news stories about real life predatory guardians who play the system and exploit their wards, writer-director J Blakeson (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) explores the practice as well as the power of authority and the process by which people lose their rights, their freedoms and control in this tense crime thriller construct.
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