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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Bonanza time for biopics and ballads
MARIA DUARTE picks her top 10 films of the year
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
The musical which wowed both critics and film fans alike during the year was Tom Hooper's stunning film adaptation of the stage musical Les Miserables which won three Oscars. It included one for Anne Hathaway who stole the film with her gut-wrenching rendition of I Dreamed A Dream.
Top of the biopics was Ron Howard's riveting and nail-biting Rush which explores the merciless rivalry between racing drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, played magnificently by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl.
It was closely followed by Stephen Frears's heart-breaking Philomena, based on the true story of an elderly Catholic Irish woman (Judi Dench), who enlisted the help of a former BBC journalist (Steve Coogan) to find the son the nuns stole from her as a teenage girl.
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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, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
Although this production was in rehearsal before the playwright’s death, it allows us to pay homage to his life, suggests MARY CONWAY
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