MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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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
Ghosthunters (PG)
Directed by Tobi Baumann
3/5
A YOUNG boy teams up with a professional ghost hunter and a slimy green ghost to rid his home town of an evil ancient ice ghost in this spooky European co-production.
Based on the bestselling book series by German kids’ author Cornelia Funke, whose Inkheart trilogy failed to spawn a film franchise in 2008, it stars Milo Parker (Robot Overlords, Mr Holmes) as the fearful Tom who finds himself befriending Hugo (Bastian Pastewka), a green apparition he uncovers in his cellar.
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