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    Paul David Gould

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    Paul is a production editor on FT Life & Arts. As well as writing occasional articles on arts and books, he has a background in Russian and previously worked in Moscow. His experiences there form the inspiration for his state-of-Russia novel 'Last Dance at the Discotheque for Deviants', published in 2023
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      The track was released in the Gorbachev-Reagan era that eventually led to the end of the cold war

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      All4’s overseas drama strand ventures into new territory with these series

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      ReviewAudio books
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      Nearly 50 years after its posthumous publication, the seminal same-sex love story is still resonant in a new audiobook

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      Booker-longlisted Brandon Taylor dissects the pain that white privilege can inflict

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      A road movie haunted by Black Lives Matter anguish; Steve Coogan revels in a satire of excess

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      Film
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      From the culturally elevated to the overtly commercial, the event promises a varied view of the nation’s contemporary cinema

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      The Life of a Song
      Smalltown Boy — Bronski Beat’s 1984 hit was a heartfelt cry for liberation

      Jimmy Somerville’s soaring voice told a tale of homophobia and alienation

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      Film
      Star wars and soccer brawls: Russian Film Week comes to the UK

      The festival shines a light on how the nation sees itself and its recent history

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      Xavier Legrand gets the legal tug of war out of the way in short order and turns to the film’s true subject: domestic violence

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      On digital: Love, Simon — safe and accessible

      This high school drama from a major Hollywood studio is a groundbreaking entry in the gay canon

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      ReviewLife & Arts
      On digital: Bagdad Café — quirky indie gem is a delight

      Reissued after 30 years, this fable of race and culture clash is as relevant as ever

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      On digital: 120 BPM — ‘fly-on-the-wall realism’

      Aids activists take on Big Pharma in a drama based on the activities of the Act Up pressure group in 1990s Paris

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      On digital: Loveless — ‘haunting cinematography’

      In his latest masterpiece, Andrei Zvyagintsev aims for the heart, pitching us into the emotional snake-pit of a toxic marriage

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      Life and Fate, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London — epic yet intimate

      Maly Drama Theatre of St Petersburg’s adaptation of Vasily Grossman’s sprawling novel is a remarkable achievement

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      Denzel Washington plays a former Negro league baseball player in drama thick with Miller-esque themes

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      Three Sisters, Piccadilly Theatre, London — authentic

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      Documentary follows a Ukrainian pastor dispensing tough love on drug addicts at his rehab centre

    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Russian Film Week: glimpses of another Russia

      The London season of films offers a varied picture of a little-understood country

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      A homeless man leaves a small Scottish town for his annual trip down to London to spend Yuletide in a shelter

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      Damien Odoul’s first world war film deserves credit for its unflinching vision of the senseless carnage in the trenches

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      A War — DVD review

      Questions of right and wrong fly as thick and fast as the bullets fired in this riveting drama

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      Writer Tom Rob Smith posits a tender, mismatched gay relationship in a plot of frustrating murkiness

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      Irrational Man — DVD review

      A student becomes embroiled in her philosophy lecturer’s existential dilemma in Woody Allen’s latest

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