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Greed gets its comeuppance
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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
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PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
Greed (15)
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
THE never-ending greed of capitalism, the rise of free market Thatcherism and globalisation come under the spotlight in Michael Winterbottom’s latest film – a bold and brash satire which takes a long hard look at the disparity between rich and poor and makes us question our fashion and shopping choices.
It stars Steve Coogan as disgraced self-made British billionaire Sir Richard “Greedy” McCreadie, the head of a crumbling retail empire, who is about to throw himself a lavish and decadent Gladiator themed party in Greece to celebrate his 60th birthday and save his reputation.
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