Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Film round-up
Reviews of Les Miserables, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Mulan and Koko-di, Koko-da
Film round-up: September 3, 2020
ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA reviews I Am Love, The Penguin Lessons, Freaky Tales, The Thicket
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
New releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
Peter Mitchell's photography reveals a poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
Les Miserables (15)
Directed by Ladj Ly
★★★★
THIS isn't yet another adaptation of Victor Hugo's epic historical novel but a gripping and gritty French crime thriller centred around social inequality, the social divide and rampant racism.
Inspired by the 2005 Paris riots, co-writer and director Ladj Ly's short film is set in the Parisian suburb of Montfermeil where Hugo based his legendary work.
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