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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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
The Girl on the Train (15)
Directed by Tate Taylor
3/5
IF YOU’RE not one of the millions who have read Paula Hawkins’s best-selling psychological thriller, then this much-anticipated film adaptation will prove a tense and gripping ride.
The book, described as the next Gone Girl, has an annoyingly confusing — and pretentious — non-linear story, told from the point of view of three women. Rachel, Anna and Megan are odious characters, none of whom have a redeeming feature between them.
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