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Surviving the tyrant
MARIA DUARTE appreciates a political thriller set in the Tudor court of Henry VIII
Alicia Vikander and Jude Law as Katherine Parr and Henry VIII in Firebrand
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
Firebrand (15)
Directed by Karim Ainouz
THERE have been umpteen films about Henry VIII and his reign, and several of his wives and his children, yet this is one of the first about his sixth and last spouse Katherine Parr, who cared for him during his final years and survived him.
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