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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
New releases from Mountain, Soul Asylum and Michael McDermott
ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
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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