Reviews of Habibi Funk 031, Kayatibu, and The Good Ones
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MARIA DUARTE recommends a challenging but honest portrayal of school life and the cruelties of children
A screenshot from Laura Wandel's film, Playground
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Playground (15)
Directed by Laura Wandel
THE humiliation and abuse children can face as they navigate the dangerous jungle of school life is captured to poignant effect in this brutally raw and honest debut feature by Laura Wandel.
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