To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
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Freedom has a bitter price
MARIA DUARTE recommends a film on the harsh consequences of a young girl’s struggle for independence in Iran
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Ava (15)
Directed by Sadaf Foloughi
THE constraints and pressures on women to conform in a strict patriarchal society are laid bare in this poignant Iranian coming-of-age tale.
It follows the misfortunes of a young girl who is banished from all social institutions simply because she wants to be different.
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