SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
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Film round-up: February 14
The Star's critics review Black Panther and Lady Bird
MARJORIE MAYO recommends an accessible and unsettling novel that uses a true incident of death in the Channel to raise questions of wider moral responsibility
MIK SABIERS wallows in a night of political punk and funk that fires both barrels at Trump
Reasonable radicalism, death in Abu Dhabi, locked-room romance, and sleuthing in the Blitz
SIMON DUFF recommends a new album from renowned composer and oud player Anour Brahem.
JAMES WALSH has a great night in the company of basketball players, quantum physicists and the exquisite timing of Rosie Jones
A New Awakening: Adventures In British Jazz 1966 - 1971, G3, and Buck Owens
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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