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TV director whose powerful Bosnian war drama Shot Through the Heart focused on the personal over the political

Michael Egan shows a different dimension of talent in this production adapted from the 2009 film “Five Minutes of Heaven.”

JAN MOIR: Two authors are facing each other in court this week, in a landmark plagiarism case that centres on one of the most romantic heroines of all time, Lara Antipova from Doctor Zhivago.

Christine Kim, 30, and Matthew Johnson, 29 When it became clear that their planned December wedding in a church in Cambridge was going to be at best Covid-complicated, they shifted into “How do we make this into a virtual wedding?” says Christine, who works for a tech nonprofit in the city. “We didn’t want people travelling; we couldn’t risk a super-spreader wedding. My parents are in South Korea, while Matthew’s parents work in global health in San Francisco, so there was no family...

A United Kingdom  (M, 111 mins)  Directed by  Amma Asante ★★★★½  With his university legal education almost complete, Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) knows its time to return home. Sent to Britain to learn how to rule his country, the Prince of Bechuanaland (whats now called Botswana) is now ready to assume his crown. But theres just one problem – hes fallen in love.  London office worker Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike) is certainly not what his currently ruling Uncle or tribe ...