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Film Round-up: April 28 2023
MARIA DUARTE reviews Little Richard, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rodeo and Polite Society
Priya Kansara and Nimra Bucha in Polite Society (2023)
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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
Little Richard: I Am Everything (15)
Directed by Lisa Cortes
★★★★
HAILED as the “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” and in Little Richard’s own words “the originator and the emancipator,” this entertaining yet surprisingly moving account of his life and career also explores his legacy and the black queer origins of pop music.
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