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Film round-up: July 8, 2022
MARIA DUARTE reviews Brian and Charles, Thor: Love and Thunder, Rubikon and How to please a Woman
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PRAGYA AGARWAL recommends a collection of drawings that explore the relation of indigenous people to the land in south Asia, Africa and the Caribbean
CHRIS SEALE speaks to Palestinian sound artist BINT MBAREH
MARY CONWAY applauds a brave and timely two hander that explores the difference between intimacy and abuse
ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Thing with Feathers, Train Dreams, Sisu: Road to Revenge, and Wicked: For Good
GUILLERMO THOMAS welcomes a biography of WA Domingo, a key figure in the anti-colonial struggle in the Caribbean
Brian and Charles (PG)
Directed by Jim Archer
★★★
THIS surreal comedy set in Wales about a lonely inventor who builds an AI robot as his friend may well prove an acquired taste but it is worth while seeing it with an open mind.
Based on a 2017 short of the same name also directed by Jim Archer and co-written by David Earl and Chris Hayward this is a bonkers, yet sweet and charming bromance tale shot in a mockumentary style.
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