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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I Care A Lot
MARIA DUARTE recommends a film about the chilling lengths some people will go to exploit the elderly and vulnerable — as long they don’t fight back
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
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Directed by J Blakeson
“PLAYING fair is a joke invented by rich people to keep the rest of us poor; I’ve been poor and it doesn’t agree with me, ” says ruthless and crooked legal guardian Marla Grayson as she justifies her pursuit of the American Dream by scamming the elderly out of their homes, their savings and their lives — all within the confines of the law.
Inspired by horrendous news stories about real life predatory guardians who play the system and exploit their wards, writer-director J Blakeson (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) explores the practice as well as the power of authority and the process by which people lose their rights, their freedoms and control in this tense crime thriller construct.
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