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 The Exception, Persian Lessons, The White Tiger, Quo Vadis, Aida?, Baby Done and Archive
The Exception
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
The Exception (15)
Directed by Jesper Nielsen
★★★★
CHRISTIAN JUNGERSEN’S acclaimed novel Undtagelsen comes to the screen, courtesy of director Jesper Nielsen, in this compelling watchable thriller.
The story of a group of researchers at the Danish Centre for Genocide Information, whose lives are upended by a series of anonymous threats, it follows the rise of troll culture in recent years to provide a timely and unmissable chiller, packed full of twists, turns, and towering performances from its four female leads.
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