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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
CINEMA ROUND-UP 2013
Star critics give us their verdict on the films they were most impressed by in the last 12 months and a few they wish they had missed
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
There were some striking coincidences, often illustrating the political and social issues of the time, during the last year.
Its first week saw the release of Repulsion by Roman Polanski - convicted of an underage sex crime in the US - as the joint report by the NSPCC and Metropolitan Police on Jimmy Savile's crimes was published.
This was followed by arguably the most controversial release of the year, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, a revenge film where racists uttering "nigger" are dispatched to Boot Hill.
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