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: March 10
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.T. (15) Directed by John Moore 2/5
THE PERILS of our growing dependency on modern technology and wireless gadgets are sketched out in this predictable thriller-by-numbers with Pierce Brosnan.
Sporting a very pronounced Irish accent, he plays successful self-made man Mike Regan who has a beautiful wife (Anna Friel), teenage daughter (Stefanie Scott) and lives in a gorgeous state-of-the-art “smart” house.
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ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
MARIA DUARTE admires the scale of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship
ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Ceremony, Eddington, The Life of Chuck, and The Thursday Murder Club