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Monster study of violence and redemption

By Patrick Mulcahy /Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Tyrannosaur
Director: Paddy Considine
Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Footloose
Director: Craig Brewer

Spirited mix of psychology and exploitation

By Aleks Sierz /Sunday, October 16th, 2011

The Veil
National Theatre, London

Winds of change in southern Africa

By David Winnick /Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Sharpeville by Tom Lodge
Oxford University Press, £20

Ethical foreign policy meets political gravity

By David Mathieson /Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Why Kosovo Still Matters
by Denis MacShane
Haus Publishing, £8.99

Playing snakes and ladders: the sneaky little lies of free market economics

By Glyn Ford /Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
by Ha-Joon Chang
Anthem Press, £14.99

These charming men – the image and achievement of Kennedy and Reagan

By David Winnick /Saturday, October 8th, 2011

Ronald Reagan by Michael Schaller
Oxford University Press, £8.99
John F Kennedy by Robert Dallek
Oxford University Press, £8.99

Dialogue between then and now

By Belinda Webb /Saturday, October 8th, 2011

Lady Chatterley’s Defendant
& Other Awkward Customers
by Horatio Morpurgo
Just Press, £8

It’s the end of the world as we know it

By Patrick Mulcahy /Saturday, October 8th, 2011

Melancholia
Director: Lars Von Trier
Red State
Director: Kevin Smith

Rough treatment cannot mar this play’s greatness

By Aleks Sierz /Friday, October 7th, 2011

The Playboy of the Western World
Old Vic, London

In al his lyf unto no maner wight He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght

By Edward Pearce /Saturday, October 1st, 2011

In al his lyf unto no maner wight
He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght
For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England 1066-1500 by Nigel Saul
The Bodley Head, £25