CINEMA

Marco Bellocchio

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Marco Bellocchio’s work is both deeply personal as well as being that of a social commentator, documenting the many social and political changes which have taken place in Italy over the years. There are few film directors whose canon of work is as diverse as Bellocchio’s and few whose work so late in their careers is as urgent and vital as ever.

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CINEMA

Leave No Trace

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The genesis of the film is a true life case of a father and daughter who lived in Portland, Oregon who were discovered to have been living for four years in the nature reserve which borders the city’s downtown area.

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CINEMA

Made in Italy 2018

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Made in Italy | 2018 By Beverly Andrews Italian cinema is celebrated for the reverence it often shows its female actors, but this year’s Made in Italy film festival in London shows […]

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THEATRE

BREATHE

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  By Beverly Andrews We often see the traditional rite of passage story from a male perspective; any women present are either relegated to the fringes of the story, where they occupy […]

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LONDON / THEATRE

Don’t blame the Bankers …. $toopid

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At Maida Vale’s delightful, Canal Café, “Don’t Blame the Bankers …, $toopid” is a blisteringly funny, insightful look at a financial sector novice’s experience on the trading floor. Written and directed by Serafina Salvador, who also appears in the piece, it offers a refreshing, insightful and, that rare thing, female perspective on our current economic madness.

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CULTURE / SOCIETY

London’s Shubbak Festival

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The first festival took place in June 2011 and on that occasion was opened by the Mayor of London. It was originally conceived in 2010, as a one-off platform to show the riches of contemporary Arab culture and to highlight London as a globally connected city.

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THEATRE

One Night in Miami

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The young Cassius Clay finds himself the centre of a tug of war between Malcolm X’s desire for a more politically inclusive Islam and the much narrower, and controlling interpretation of the faith practised by the radical African American organization The Nation of Islam, an organization Malcom X was once a part of but from which he is now exiled.

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PHOTO

Where are you going?

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This exhibition is a startlingly beautiful portrait of Maharaj’s own physical and spiritual journey through six different countries including Poland, India, England, France, Italy and Finland.

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