GORDON PARSONS is bowled over by a skilfully stripped down and powerfully relevant production of Hamlet
The South Korean selkies
MARIA DUARTE recommends a homage to fearless, independent and empowering elderly women
In which we accompany the Bard into Cymru to meet his musical accomplices, young and old
SUE TURNER is inspired by the example of a librarian’s struggle to confront the book-banning movement
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
The Last of the Sea Women (PG)
Directed by Sue Kim
“BEING an haenyeo is a calling,” states one of the extraordinary protagonists in Sue Kim’s enlightening directorial debut feature about a little-known but fierce band of women in South Korea.
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