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Film round-up: July 25, 2024
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ANDY MIAH advocates the use of AI to assist people by expanding access to global literature and culture
EWAN KOTZ relishes a veteran Glasgow band that have lost none of their verve for live performance
Mysterious Ways
Directed by Paul Oremland
★★★
SET in New Zealand, this moving drama centres on a gay vicar who takes on his religious bosses in a bid to marry his Samoan boyfriend in church, sparking a media storm.
While his superiors do not have an issue with Peter (Richard Short, The Tragedy of Macbeth) being queer or having Jason (newcomer Nick Afoa) as his male partner, they do have a problem with the pair getting wed in a place of worship. Particularly when it scandalises the devout local community, inciting anti-gay protests.
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