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JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
THE jury stunned, but did not displease the festival audience here on Saturday night, with the awards for the 77th Cannes Film Festival. It’s not that the winners were unpopular, but that they were unexpected.
Everyone predicted the Palme D’Or would go to Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, the story of an investigating judge in Tehran who grapples with paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears, but instead the film won only the Special Award.
Everyone expected legendary US actress Demi Moore to pick up Best Actress for her searing performance in The Substance, the story of an ageing Hollywood actress-turned-aerobics-workout-host who gets fired from a TV network for being deemed too old. In a rage of desperation, she calls a tip she’s been handed anonymously and gets hooked up with a sinister sci-fi body-enhancement programme known as The Substance.
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