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: Friday November 13
Maria Duarte and Alan Frank have reviews of The Fear of 13, Tangerine, A Christmas Star, Steve Jobs, The Hallow and Fathers and Daughters
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
The Fear of 13, directed by David Sington
3/5
IT’S hard to believe that one man facing a camera and delivering a 96-minute-long monologue would make a gripping documentary.
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