RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
Best (and worst) of 2018: Film
by MARIA DUARTE
Sublime: The Shape of Water
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
FROM dramas about racism to those about women battling sexism and discrimination and the why and how of Donald Trump, it's been a year where many films have reflected burning social and political issues of the day.
The comic-book hero film juggernaut rolled on, although on the plus side most of the super-heroes from the Marvel universe were killed off. Sadly, many will doubtless return in “final” sequels or prequels.
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