MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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ALAN FRANK recommends a film about India on the cusp of independence
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
Viceroy’s House (12A) Directed by Gurinda Chadha 4/5
“HISTORY is written by the victors,” we learn at the start of Viceroy’s House.
Kenya-born British-Punjabi filmmaker Gurinda Chadha’s story is a riveting and deeply disturbing account of the transfer of power from Britain to India in 1947 after 200 years of colonial rule.
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