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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Sisterly summertime blues
MARIA DUARTE recommends a moving tribute to the hardships faced by feminists in 1970s France
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
Summertime (15)
Directed by Catherine Corsini
4/5
SET against the political backdrop of the fight for women’s rights in 1970s France, this romantic drama shows how — nearly five decades on and despite a few advances — sadly not much has really changed.
Britain may now have its second-ever female Prime Minister, but women are still battling for equality and equal pay. In France, no woman has ever held the reins of power.
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