TOM PIERSCIONEK recommends a remarkable series of interviews with those few and brave Israeli citizens who refuse to do military service
Film round up: September 12, 2024
Iranian late-bloomers, holiday chums, the poison pen, and Pakistani lesbians: The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews My Favourite Cake, Speak No Evil, The Critic, and The Queen Of My Dreams
(L) Speak No Evil; (Centre) The Queen Of My Dreams; (R) My Favourite Cake
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The bard rests on his laurels, and swipes left and right
MARIA DUARTE cherishes the flashes of absurd humour and theme of community healing in a documentary set in a Soviet-era Black Sea sanatorium
ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review The Courageous, The Cut, Christy, and On Swift Horses
TOM STONE sings the praises of one of the oldest open-air festivals in Britain
Chris Searle speaks to accordionist KAREN STREET
My Favourite Cake (12A)
Directed by Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha
★★★★
THIS beautiful and tender love story lifts the lid on the life of women behind closed doors in Iran as they battle discrimination in a patriarchal society which considers them second-class citizens.
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