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
Film round up: February 17
Hidden Figures (PG)
Directed by Theodore Melfi
5/5
Yet another “based on true events” movie hits the screen.
But, for once, this extraordinary story of a brilliant group of women whose vital contributions to the US space race culminated in their key roles in John Glenn’s landmark Apollo mission in 1962 does ring true.
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LEO BOIX, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review Dreamers, It Was Just An Accident, Folktales, and Eternity
ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Ceremony, Eddington, The Life of Chuck, and The Thursday Murder Club
ANGUS REID squirms at the spectacle of a bitter millennial on work experience in a gay sauna
JOHN GREEN is stirred by an ambitious art project that explores solidarity and the shared memory of occupation


