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Film round-up: July 23, 2020
Reviews of Saint Frances, Stage Mother, The Traitor, American Fighter and CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
Saint Frances (15)
Directed by Alex Thompson
★★★★★
SAINT FRANCES is one of those rare gems which deals with subjects, taboo for some, such as periods, abortion and post-natal depression in a frank and honest way.
Infused with a great deal of humour and empathy, it makes you question why in this day and age we are still reluctant to talk about such things.
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