The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an impressive impersonation of Bob Dylan
Film round-up: July 4, 2024
Trans perspectives, opposites attract, washed-out noir and white-knuckle fridging: the Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Orlando, My Political Biography, The Nature of Love, What Remains, and Kill
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Here, Vermiglio, William Tell and Wolf Man
New releases from Thorpe and Morrison, Daria Kulesh, and Will Finn and Rosie Calvert
RINA ARYA confronts the brutal operation of Francis Bacon’s approach to portraiture
Emphasising his continuous engagement in labour movement struggles, ALISTAIR FINDLAY salutes John Foster’s contribution as activist, strategist, intellectual and defender of the Morning Star
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
Orlando, My Political Biography (15)
Directed by Paul B. Preciado
★★★★
BOLD, and totally fascinating, acclaimed Spanish writer and activist Paul B Preciado’s directorial debut documentary explores and celebrates trans identity through Virginia Woolf’s iconic novel Orlando.
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