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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
Sicario (15)
Directed by Dennis Villeneuve
4/5
WHEN you learn from the opening credits that “sicario” is Mexican drug-cartel slang for “hitman,” your heart might sink at the prospect of yet another US lawmen versus murderous Mexican narcotics gangsters action thriller.
Fortuitously, such expectations are unfounded. Unsentimental direction and a cynical but terrifyingly credible screenplay by Taylor Sheridan and ideally cast players are free from the predictably patronising narrative and character cliches of similar genre thrillers.
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