LEO BOIX recommends a film that portrays how fascism feeds on ignorance, machismo and myth in isolated communities abandoned by the state
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Film round-up: February 14
The Star's critics review Black Panther and Lady Bird
Chris Searle speaks to Syrian/French flautist NAISSAM JALAL
With thousands of AI‑written, edited or ‘polished’ books being sold, LAURA BEERS hears an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel‑writing machines’
ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart
Death comes for Liberals, entitled murder, Vatican hit squads, and fraternising with the Blitz killer
New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams
GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
Black Panther (12A)
Directed by Ryan Coogler
5*
Celluloid superheroes were once rare. Not anymore.
Hollywood has created a box-office bonanza by exploiting every comic-book hero from the X Men, Superman, Batman, the Green Hornet and Spiderman to The Incredible Hulk.
But, given that Black Panther was co-created by Marvel Comic’s Stan Lee — who make a modestly appearance here — I expected the usual mixture as before.
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