MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Spiked on the horns of a dilemma
A potentially nuanced take on the nature v nurture debate is marred by sentimentality, says MARIA DUARTE
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
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Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
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
The Light Between
Oceans (12A)
Directed by Derek Cianfrance
3/5
BRACE yourselves for a full-throttle melodrama about love, loss, fate and the moral dilemmas faced by a childless couple, because The Light Between Oceans unashamedly pulls at the heart strings.
Adapted from ML Stedman’s acclaimed debut novel, it centres on lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) and his wife Isabel (Alicia Vikander) who live off the coast of Western Australia.
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