MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Thai dreams and nightmares
ALAN FRANK recommends a hallucinatory trip through a troubled Asian country, and we look at the other films of the week
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
By the Time it Gets Dark (12A)
Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong
THAI writer-director Anocha Suwichakornpong’s astonishing second feature evocatively interweaves and reinterprets the lives of its key characters to considerable emotive effect, despite her complex and frequently elusive storytelling.
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