To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
'Where is the justice?'
That's the question posed by MARK GILLIS in his film depicting the harsh realities of working-class life in one of the richest cities in the world. He tells John Green why he's asking it
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
SET in south-east London, Mark Gillis’s debut feature-length film Sink tells the story of skilled manual worker Micky Mason who, after losing his job, is forced to work zero-hour jobs before being made unemployed again.
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