MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
A Fascist with a moral compass - who knew?
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE is moved by a real-life story of rescue at sea that upturns easy assumptions about political motivations in times of war

The Commander (15)
Directed by Edoardo De Angelis
ON the night of October 16 1940, during its first Atlantic patrol off the island of Madeira, the Italian submarine Cappellini sighted the Belgian steamer Kabalo carrying aircraft spare parts, and after unsuccessfully firing three torpedoes, sank her with its deck gun.
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