Richard Swift gives us a round-up of the best offerings at Toronto’s annual film-fest.
Filed in: Canada
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Richard Swift gives us a round-up of the best offerings at Toronto’s annual film-fest.
Filed in: Canada
We watched, we read, we listened: New Internationalist’s favourite films, books and music from last year.
A compassionate and inspiring film about the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco.
Filed in: Film
Fifty years after the UN Secretary-General’s death, are we any closer to the truth?
Filed in: Culture
What if the Germans had invaded the Welsh valleys during the Second World War?
Filed in: Film
Director Céline Sciamma doesn’t shy away from harsh realities, yet Tomboy is still a trusting gem of a film.
Filed in: Film
Feature films can tell us much about the cultural background to recent events in North Africa and the Middle East. Malcolm Lewis has been watching some of them.
Nokia in the dock in a new film by Danish director Frank Poulsen.
Filed in: Film
The new album by Norwegian artist Jenny Hval is astonishing - as much about poetry and story-telling as performance, says Louise Gray.
Filed in: Music
‘Unmasking the mystery of how life transforms’ - does Frank Ryan’s book live up to its sub-header?
Filed in: Books
Anti-Muslim fervour is rife – yet is being ignored by the authorities, says Lewis Garland.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything she stood for.
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.
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