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
Noir with nuance
MARIA DUARTE sees a thriller set in 1950s New York which, unusually, tackles social and political issues
Motherless Brooklyn (15)
Directed by Edward Norton
IT HAS taken Edward Norton almost two decades to get this homage to film noir to the big screen.
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