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AmazingGrace
RRP:£10
Watchnever-before-seenfootage
oftheintimaterecordingofAretha
Franklin’siconic 1972 albumfrom
TheNewTempleMissionaryBaptist
ChurchinLA.AmazingGrace
becamethetop-sellinggospel
recordofalltimeandAretha’s
biggestalbum.A thrillingmovie.Film
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The Souvenir
Out 30 August
Newcomer Honor Swinton
Byrne, daughter of actress
Tilda Swinton and artist
John Byrne, puts in a stellar
performance in this loosely
autobiographical, enthralling
drama from art-house
favourite Joanna Hogg. It’s
London in 1982, and shy,
upper-class film student
Julie is trying to find her
vision as an artist while
conducting an intense but
unstable relationship with a
charismatic older man (Tom
Burke). Look out for Tilda
Swinton playing her mother.Mrs Lowry & Son
Out 30 August
Vanessa Redgrave and
Timothy Spall go head to
head in this double portrait
of beloved British artist LS
Lowry and his overbearing
widowed mother. Living
together in a two-up, two-
down terrace in Pendlebury,
Lancashire, the pair are
locked in a fierce battle of
wills. She is snobbish, snappy,
bedridden, and disdainful of
his work. He seethes shyly
but is stubbornly convinced
of his own worth. It’s
claustrophobic stuff, but
the odd comic line worthy
of Alan Bennett lets in some
air and light.TheMoments
byNatalieWinter,
Orion,HB,£12.99
Withherpoeticstyle,Natalie
Wintercapturesa senseoftwo
perfectlymatchedpeople,
eternallyintertwined.Myrtle
andMatthewarebornintovery
differentfamilies,eachstruggling
tonavigatedifficultsituations
andfindtheirtrueplace.There
aresomanytimestheirpaths
misseachother.Alternating
narrativeperspectivesprovide
theperfectinsightintoeach
vividandrelatablecharacter.
A mesmerisingread.Book
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