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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A Glitch in the Matrix (15)
MARIA DUARTE’S mind is blown by the world of simulation theory, and the people who believe they’re living in The Matrix
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
Directed by Rodney Ascher
WHAT if we were living in a computer simulation and the world around us wasn’t real? If so, with the rise of fascism (again) and the horrendous Covid-19 pandemic, the entity pulling the strings has a sadistic sense of humour.
Filmmaker Rodney Ascher takes us down the rabbit hole of simulation theory — championed by sci-fi writer Philip K Dick (the creator of Minority Report, Blade Runner and Total Recall) and epitomised in The Matrix trilogy — in his new mind-bending documentary.
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