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The soul diva was an original whose legacy can be heard everywhere in pop

Expect new releases like Parallel Mothers and The Worst Person in the World in the coming weeks

A documentary film festival running through to March at the Kumu Art Museum (Kumu kunstimuuseum) in Tallinn will kick-off with a new take on the Beatles' legendary 1968 trip to India. The Estonian premiere will be introduced by veteran singer and fab four fan Ivo Linna, while anyone searching for an anti-dote to hippiedom might want to catch a biopic of X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene, also seeing its premiere, later on in the festival.

World view to crumble. after love recently swept the board at the british independent film awards — or bifas — where its trophies included best british independent film, best director and best screenplay, alongside best actress forjoanna scanlan. there were significant wins, too, for the documentary poly styrene: i am a cliche, which opened here in march and which told the story of the punk icon and x—ray spex frontwoman through the eyes of her daughter, celeste bell. i find a kind of sola...

What’s your favourite bit of a song? The intro? The outro? The verse? It’s probably the chorus because that’s what the chorus is for, stomping around with

She plays mary, a white english muslim who converted many years ago to marry ahmed. but when ahmed dies, mary discovers that he had another life and family in france, a revelation that causes her worldview to crumble. after love recently swept the board at the british independent film awards — or bifas — where its trophies included best british independent film, best director and best screenplay alongside best actress forjoanna scanlan. there were significant wins, too, for the documentary p...

Chloé Zhao’s best director Oscar, an unforgettable turn by Joanna Scanlan and Céline Sciamma’s flawless fairytale stood out, but the year belonged to Bond…

Best actress forjoanna scanlan. there were significant wins too for the documentary poly styrene: i am a cliche, which opened here in march and which told the story of the punk icon and x—ray spex frontwoman through the eyes of her daughter, celeste bell. i find a kind of solace in retracing herfootsteps, barely visible as they are in the sands of time. the other big winner at this years bifas was the tense, one—shot drama boiling point, which uk audiences can see in the new year. how do you...

Im s o rry , i you are here for the cleaning? she plays mary, a white english muslim who converted many years ago to marry ahmed. but when ahmed dies, mary discovers that he had another life and family in france, a revelation that causes her worldview to crumble. after love recently swept the board at the british independent film awards — or bifas — where its trophies included best british independent film, best director and best screenplay alongside best actress forjoanna scanlan. there wer...

Mary discovers that he had another life and family in france, a revelation that causes her worldview to crumble. after love recently swept the board at the british independent film awards — or bifas — where its trophies included best british independent film, best director and best screenplay alongside best actress forjoanna scanlan. there were significant wins, too, for the documentary poly styrene: i am a cliche, which opened here in march and which told the story of the punk icon and x—...