MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Film round up: September 12, 2024
Iranian late-bloomers, holiday chums, the poison pen, and Pakistani lesbians: The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews My Favourite Cake, Speak No Evil, The Critic, and The Queen Of My Dreams
(L) Speak No Evil; (Centre) The Queen Of My Dreams; (R) My Favourite Cake
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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
My Favourite Cake (12A)
Directed by Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha
★★★★
THIS beautiful and tender love story lifts the lid on the life of women behind closed doors in Iran as they battle discrimination in a patriarchal society which considers them second-class citizens.
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