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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Absolutely fatuous
ALAN FRANK endures another example of successful TV series transformed into cinematic flop
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
Absolutely Fabulous:
The Movie (15)
Directed by Mandie Fletcher
2/5
ABSOLUTELY Fabulous: The Movie follows the well-worn route of TV comedies like Up Pompeii, On the Buses, Rising Damp and Are You Being Served? in this repackaging for the big screen.
Regrettably, what was amusing enough at TV sitcom length becomes increasingly wearisome.
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