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Colour-blind Loving triumph
MARIA DUARTE recommends the inspiring story of a couple who defied racist marriage laws
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
Loving (12A)
Directed by Jeff Nichols
4/5
RICHARD and Mildred Loving just wanted to be married and able to raise a family.
Their fight for that right resulted in the landmark US Supreme Court ruling in 1967 which made it possible for other interracial couples to be legally wed across the US.
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