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: Friday April 7
MARIA DUARTE isn’t wholly convinced by a fanciful biopic of Chilean bard Pablo Neruda
Neruda (15), directed by Pablo Larrain
3/5
THIS dramatisation of the life and work of Chilean poet, diplomat, politician and Nobel prizewinner Pablo Neruda is unconventional, if not surreal, to say the least.
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