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Time catches up with 1970s classic
PAUL FOLEY is disappointed by a production that encourages the audience to laugh at rather than with the characters
Punk or not, don't miss this
Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month
‘Effervescent’
This is poetry in paint, spectacular but never spectacle for its own sake, writes JAN WOOLF
Cinema
Cinema
Film round-up: April 10, 2025
The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARTIN HALL, MICHAL BONCZA, ANGUS REID reviews Holy Cow, One to One: John and Yoko, King of Kings, Panda Bear in Africa
Film of the week
Film of the week
Underlining the senselessness of war
Odysseus’s homecoming myth is treated as a factual story, with strong resonances for our contemporary world. This is an implicit anti-war film that has an urgent relevance, writes JOHN GREEN
21st Century Poetry
21st Century Poetry
Man hours
by Adaora Raji
Books
Books
An outstanding anthology of female poets
PATRICK JONES recommends a vital anthology from Afghan and Iranian poets where the political and personal fuse into witness-bearing and manifesto-making
Interview
Interview
Tensions in the Chinese middle class
ANGUS REID speaks to Lin Jianjie about his debut feature Brief History of a Family
Breaking the mould emphatically
WILL STONE is impressed by Hania Rani who is already making a name for herself in the male-dominated world of modern classical music
Definitely worth catching
MIK SABIERS enjoys the theatrical feminist six piece who have a lot of fun that the audience feeds off as the set rolls on
