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Blu-ray: High and Low
Akira Kurosawa’s mastery of different genres is a given and one of High and Low’s strengths is a seamless blending of various styles within a single film. Though highly rated by Japanese critics, this ...
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Bowling For Soup, Civic Hall, Wolverhampton review - nostalgic, celebratory fun
DJ Jon Mahon rallied the waiting crowd in the name of 2000s emo music, ramping up the excitement with his energy and perfect ...
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theartsdesk Q&A: Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof on 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' - 'It became a question of self-respect'
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the ...
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Gilliver, Liverman, Rangwanasha, LSO, Pappano, Barbican review - a rainbow of British music
For all its passing British sea shanties and folksongs, Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony does Walt Whitman’s determinedly ...
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig director Mohammad Rasoulof: ‘It became a question of self-respect’
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig. The 52-year-old has previously probed the moral cost of his ...
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The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera review - no concessions and no holds barred
Drained as they are at present of crucial funds, WNO are managing to put on only two operas this spring, and spaced out to the point where it could hardly be called a season. For their new Peter ...
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Cyndi Lauper, OVO Hydro, Glasgow review - still having chaotic fun after all these years
Cyndi Lauper was preceded onstage by a brief video that zipped through her career, which she drily declared was just in case someone was at the gig by mistake. It’s tempting to wonder what an ...