MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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RITA DI SANTO reports on a bumper crop of screenings at the annual film festival in the German capital
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
Chinese director Diao Yinan's Black Coal, Thin Ice was a popular choice as winner of the Golden Bear award for best film at this year's Berlin film festival.
His third feature (pictured) is drained of colour and makes striking allusions to film noir thrillers as do his choice of protagonists, an ex-police officer and a femme fatale.
But Yinan's film also invites us into the lives of "ordinary" people who lead extraordinary lives in the northern China of 1999.
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