The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an impressive impersonation of Bob Dylan
Excavating the origins of oppression
On International Women’s Day, MARIA DUARTE salutes women who make films about women, beginning with a powerfully imaginative investigation of the way the US race segregation was imported into Nazi racist ideology
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
Origin (12A)
Directed by Ava DuVernay
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