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Film round-up: April 24, 2022
Maria Duarte reviews Ennio, Happening, Firebird and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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
Ennio (15)
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
★★★★
THE life and work of legendary Italian composer Ennio Moriconne, who turned film music into a powerful art form, is finally being celebrated in this compelling documentary which only scratches the surface of this man’s genius.
You may not know his name, but you will recognise his unforgettable work: from Sergio Leone's Westerns — in particular A Fistful of Dollars — to The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso and Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, for which he finally won an Oscar in 2016, to name but a few.
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