Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Skin-deep significance
MARIA DUARTE recommends a hard-hitting film on how a white supremacist sees the error of his ways
https://youtu.be/S6g2VMnmFRk
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
Skin (15)
Directed by Guy Nattiv
THIS powerful debut feature by Guy Nattiv is inspired by the real-life story of how Bryon Widner, a former American neonazi racist skinhead, transforms his life by turning his back on hatred and violence.
The film-maker reportedly spent some five years unsuccessfully trying to finance his film but then Donald Trump was elected president and Charlottesville happened — both giving legitimacy and a rising voice to white supremacists.
An almost unrecognisable Jamie Bell gives a stellar and disturbing performance as the tattooed Widner. Raised by racist skinheads, he’s saved by the love of his wife and family and black activist Daryle Jenkins (Mike Colter).
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