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
Kate Plays Christine (15)
Directed by Robert Greene
4/5
NOT one for making traditional documentaries, film-maker Robert Greene (Actress) once again opts for an idiosyncratic and innovative take in producing a psychological docudrama which follows Kate Lyn Scheil as she prepares for her next acting role — that of Florida TV newscaster Christine Chubback, who killed herself live on air in 1974.
Her shocking story was the inspiration for the Hollywood classic Network, in which the protagonist was changed from a woman to a man, and the drama Christine which features in this year’s London Film Festival.
ANDY HEDGECOCK is astonished by a portrait of contemporary Greece, complete with political protest, organised crime and people trafficking, told from the point of view of — wait for it — runaway poultry
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review The Six Billion Dollar Man, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Goodbye June, and Super Elfkins
RITA DI SANTO gives us a first look at some extraordinary new films that examine outsiders, migrants, belonging and social abuse
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Hot Milk, An Ordinary Case, Heads Of State, and Jurassic World Rebirth


