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A Fascist with a moral compass - who knew?
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE is moved by a real-life story of rescue at sea that upturns easy assumptions about political motivations in times of war
DO THE RIGHT THING: Pierfrancesco Favino as the remarkable Salvatore Todaro
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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
The Commander (15)
Directed by Edoardo De Angelis
ON the night of October 16 1940, during its first Atlantic patrol off the island of Madeira, the Italian submarine Cappellini sighted the Belgian steamer Kabalo carrying aircraft spare parts, and after unsuccessfully firing three torpedoes, sank her with its deck gun.
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