MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Bourne again brilliant
MARIA DUARTE sees Matt Damon give another top performance in a spy thriller referencing the era of Snowden and WikiLeaks
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
Jason Bourne (12A)
Directed by Paul Greengrass
4/5
AFTER almost a decade, the dynamic duo of Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass are finally back and, like old trusted friends, you know that they will have your back and won’t let you down.
Intellectually smart, this gritty spy film continues seamlessly from The Bourne Ultimatum and, en route, completely bypasses the blip of Jeremy Renner’s unconvincing The Bourne Legacy.
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