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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Ode to an odd couple
ALAN FRANK enjoys a film on one of the more bizarre hook-ups ever between showbiz and politics
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
Elvis & Nixon (15)
Directed by Liza Johnson
3/5
AS A film title, Elvis & Me encapsulates almost everything the US holds most dear.
In it, showbusiness takes pole position, with rock icon Elvis Presley taking top billing over one of that country’s most humiliated presidents in this sharp, enjoyable satirical comedy which, perhaps surprisingly for Hollywood, is based on real life.
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