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
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A global can of worms
Zero Days is a disturbing film on the universal threat posed by state-created computer viruses, says MARIA DUARTE
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Zero Days
Directed by Alex Gibney
4/5
AFTER investigating paedophilia in the Catholic Church, Scientology and WikiLeaks, Academy Award-winning film-maker Alex Gibney now turns the spotlight on cyberwarfare and its secret deployment.
The result is a chilling and disturbing documentary, akin to a thriller.
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