GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Wings of hope
MARIA DUARTE recommends a film about two brothers from New Delhi, who have devoted their lives to rescuing the black kites that fall daily from the skies
A scene from All That Breathes
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
All That Breathes (12A)
Directed by Shaunak Sen
SET against the backdrop of New Delhi’s toxic air pollution and escalating violence, Indian film-maker Shaunak Sen’s follow-up film to Cities of Sleep explores his home city through a bird called the black kite and two brothers who have devoted their lives to protecting it.
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