Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Film round-up
Reviews of Mandabi, Running Against the Wind, Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez and Nobody
Mandabi
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
Mandabi (PG)
Directed by Ousmane Sembene
★★★
HAILED as the “father of African cinema,” Ousmane Sembene’s trailblazing 1968 Mandabi (“money order”) has been painstakingly restored in 4K resolution and is being released for the first time in Britain.
The first ever film to have been made in an African language (Wolof) it is a sharp and poignant satire on post independence and the lasting effects of colonialism on African nations.
Similar stories
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
LEO BOIX, ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review Night Stage, Two Women, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, and Fuze
LEO BOIX, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review Dreamers, It Was Just An Accident, Folktales, and Eternity
New releases from The Dreaming Spires, Bruce Springsteen, and Chet Baker