Climate activist and writer JANE ROGERS introduces her new collection, Fire-ready, and examines the connection between life and fiction
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Film round-up: May 25, 2023
Maria Duarte reviews of Sisu, Master Gardener, Hypnotic and The Little Mermaid
NAZI NEMESIS: Jorma Tommili in Sisu
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ELEANOR DOBSON reflects on a stark visual record of the violent desecration of Tutankhamun’s mummified remains
RUTH AYLETT appreciates the rich blend of poetry and music that accompanied the launch of the Morning Star’s anthology of poetry, Who We Are
WANJA KIMANI explores the many bonds of community experience expressed in in the bold and colourful imagery of a new mural
New releases from Keeley, Lucinda Williams and Ye Vagabonds
JAN WOOLF ponders the works and contested reputation of the West German sculptor and provocateur, who believed that everybody is potentially an artist
Sisu (15)
Directed by Jalmari Helander
★★★★
SET in Lapland in 1944, a lone prospector wages war on evil Nazis who steal his gold in this relentless and violent but surprisingly satisfying revenge thriller by writer-director Jalmari Helander.
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