Culture + Reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
Up the River With Acid review – intimate, abstract portrait of a father’s dementia
4 out of 5 stars.Harald Hutter sets his documentary in his parents shabby-chic home, a metaphor for his ageing academic father’s loosening threads of reality -
4 out of 5 stars.
Nina Conti: Whose Face Is It Anyway? review – masterful ventriloquist’s sublime silliness
4 out of 5 stars.Conti is in supreme command of her comedy chaos, devising voices, ad hoc songs and daft scenarios for volunteers -
2 out of 5 stars.
Into the Deep review – Richard Dreyfuss brings the meaning to smugglers v sharks thriller
2 out of 5 stars.Full of cliche-riddled dialogue and bizarre flashbacks, this basic effort is only saved by a tacked-on lecture from Jaws star Dreyfuss -
2 out of 5 stars.
Blackwater Lane review – medieval mansion is the star in haunted house stalker thriller
2 out of 5 stars.A teacher becomes increasingly paranoid as she roams around her fabulous home and gardens in this flimsy adaptation of BA Paris’s novel The Breakdown
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2 out of 5 stars.This documentary about Price and her partner’s attempt to have a child may have spawned acres of coverage, but there is no delving into the agonies of infertility, which makes it depthless, thoughtless and downright offensive
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4 out of 5 stars.TV reviewOut There review – Martin Clunes waving a shotgun is an unexpected January treatA vulnerable son. A hostile takeover. Clunes’ Welsh farmer has quite enough on his plate – and that’s before the drug gangs force him to pick up his firearm
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The American author’s anthology of his many physical encounters is a spiritual quest as much as a sensual one
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3 out of 5 stars.A very unconventional set of instruments brought a touch of chaos to this esteemed venue as it hosted the London contemporary music festival’s finale
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3 out of 5 stars.The Funny Women award-winner’s debut tour combines the personal and the political with varying success – but always with enthusiasm and charm