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The Independent’s arts and culture newsletter Saturday, September 9, 2023   ~/AAAHagA~/RgR

The Independent’s arts and culture newsletter [The Independent](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0SfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvP2xpZD1pZGlkM3ByOWRqdDkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Saturday, September 9, 2023   ~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50P2xpZD1rYzh6MGc2a2xtYm0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj ~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50P2xpZD0yNXBocmI2cmlhOWMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Hello! This is Louis, filling in for Jessie for the week. As I'm uploading this, it's showing me the previous week's email, which begins with rhetoric about it not being "much of a summer". "At least now that it's September we can embrace the season of wearing jumpers and reading hardback books," she wrote. FAMOUS LAST WORDS, JESSIE. If I was wearing a jumper currently I think I'd combust. The hardback books are probably still fine, though. Anyway, moving swiftly on (or as swiftly as one can in this heat)... We've had some good stuff on the arts desk this week, I think! I think that every week, but it doesn't make it any less true. Geoffrey Macnab's been at the Venice film festival, and has reviewed such films as [Sofia Coppola's Priscilla](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvcHJpc2NpbGxhLW1vdmllLXJldmlldy12ZW5pY2UtZWx2aXMtYjI0MDQ0NjEuaHRtbD9saWQ9NTY5OTN2Y2JqbmNtJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwOS0wOS0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmTyURr8ZAW7s3RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) and David Fincher's [The Killer.](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvdGhlLWtpbGxlci1yZXZpZXctZGF2aWQtZmluY2hlci1iMjQwMzE5Mi5odG1sP2xpZD1yNDVwYWRodGZlZ3YmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) He also spoke to Tim Burton for our Saturday Interview; more on that later. I'm personally bitterly jealous of everyone currently swanning around Italy at a film festival... at least we've got the London one in a few weeks, ay. ~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL3Jldmlld3MvemFkaWUtc21pdGgtdGhlLWZyYXVkLXJldmlldy1iMjM5OTMzNy5odG1sP2xpZD16OHB1a29xazR5aDkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj 'Priscilla' follows the famous Presley, played by Cailee Spaeny (Philippe Le Sourd) I'm going to keep this relatively brief – I've just moved flat and if I don't get this finished by 5pm then I won't have time to lug furniture around, which is apparently my new favourite hobby. But first, here's a rundown of some of the best things we've published this week... Helen Brown [interviewed Young Fathers!](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3lvdW5nLWZhdGhlcnMtaW50ZXJ2aWV3LW1lcmN1cnktcHJpemUtYjI0MDQ1OTQuaHRtbD9saWQ9ZjgzbHY3OHcxenNvJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwOS0wOS0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmTyURr8ZAW7s3RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) Claire Allfree [wrote about Zadie Smith!](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3phZGllLXNtaXRoLXRoZS1mcmF1ZC13aGl0ZS10ZWV0aC1iMjQwMjczNi5odG1sP2xpZD1jdThhMmZ1d29sNWMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) I reviewed [End of the Road Festival](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL3Jldmlld3MvZW5kLW9mLXRoZS1yb2FkLWZlc3RpdmFsLTIwMjMtcmV2aWV3LWIyNDA0NDk5Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXQ1bDk5eGV2MW9jNCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMDktMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1Qgpk8lEa_GQFu7N0Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)(and wrote about [why Tenet is good, actually](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3RlbmV0LW5ldGZsaXgtY2hyaXN0b3BoZXItbm9sYW4tb3BwZW5oZWltZXItYjI0MDE5MjQuaHRtbD9saWQ9MmQzc3U1aDByYTJkJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwOS0wOS0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmTyURr8ZAW7s3RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~))! Katie Rosseinsky wrote brilliantly [about This Morning's downfall](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP4QCAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC90di9mZWF0dXJlcy90aGlzLW1vcm5pbmctbnRhLWF3YXJkLWhvbGx5LXdpbGxvdWdoYnktYWxpc29uLWhhbW1vbmQtYjI0MDYzNDAuaHRtbD9saWQ9YjVlM2gxd2oxdjQ0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwOS0wOS0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmTyURr8ZAW7s3RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) and [about Richard Osman!](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP4QCAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9ib29rcy9mZWF0dXJlcy9yaWNoYXJkLW9zbWFuLWJvb2tzLXRodXJzZGF5LW11cmRlci1jbHViLWNvc3ktY3JpbWUtYjI0MDY1NDYuaHRtbD9saWQ9Y3RnNGZ6bDEzZmY0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwOS0wOS0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmTyURr8ZAW7s3RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) John Lewis discussed [Ezra Collective's momentous Mercury Prize win!](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL21lcmN1cnktcHJpemUtMjAyMy1lenJhLWNvbGxlY3RpdmUtd2lubmVycy1iMjQwNzgyOS5odG1sP2xpZD03anJrams4dTZxdGImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Clarisse Loughrey reviewed the very buzzy [Past Lives!](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvcGFzdC1saXZlcy1tb3ZpZS1yZXZpZXctdWstcmVsZWFzZS1iMjQwNjM5OC5odG1sP2xpZD00NWtic3V0YmVtdDgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Ok, that's enough exclamation points. Have a lovely weekend everyone, Louis [@LouisChilton](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0SkaHR0cDovL3d3dy50d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9sb3Vpc2NoaWx0b24_bGlkPW83aDM4ZXV1eDQ3MiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMDktMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1Qgpk8lEa_GQFu7N0Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) What to do this weekend Books | [The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzP2xpZD1jbWRnNDcyaGwxN3omdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) “No one can play God. Not even rich men,” American academic and surrogate mother Talissa Adam tells the creepy, Australian-born tech billionaire Lukas Parn, after he recklessly and dishonestly stretches the boundaries of ethics by genetically engineering a child called Seth (another Biblical name), who is a hybrid of modern human and Homo sapiens Neanderthal. Sebastian Faulks’s beautifully written novel is set over four parts – in 2030, 2031, 2047 and 2056 – and it is a stunning meditation on responsibility, decency, love, the intricacies of consciousness and what makes us human. Martin Chilton | Chief books critic   TV | [Love & Death](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0S0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2P2xpZD0zMDVqdTNpZ3RsaTYmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Of all the marriage vows, “til death us do part” is perhaps the most famous, and the most frequently ignored. But for a congregation at a Methodist church in late-1970s Texas, there aren’t many parts of the wedding ceremony that will survive intramural desecration. This is the backdrop to Love & Death, a lavish HBO true crime series, now making its way to ITV to show that America’s famous Bible Belt gets loosened sometimes… Nick Hilton | Chief TV critic   Film | [Past Lives](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zP2xpZD1md2ZraXAzaXZzYzEmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTA5LTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZPJRGvxkBbuzdFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Nora (Greta Lee), the woman at the centre of Past Lives, Celine Song’s vaguely autobiographical tale of scuppered romance, feels completely unknowable. It’s what makes her so mesmerising. [...] Past Lives isn’t quite the woozy, lovelorn drama that its trailers have sold, or that Christopher Bear and Daniel Rossen’s gentle score gestures towards. But it is an eloquent attempt to understand how our memories can end up turning other people into projection screens for our own, confused desires. Clarisse Loughrey | Chief film critic   Books | [The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West by Mick Brown](~/AAAHagA~/RgRm3p9RP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPXM1eWVnZ2Y3OGVkeSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMDktMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1Qgpk8lEa_GQFu7N0Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) In 1968, Frank Sinatra received a telegram from his estranged wife Mia Farrow, telling him she was leaving the Maharishi’s ashram in Rishikesh because she was “fed up with meditation”. One can only imagine the disdainful look on his face. It’s hard to see Sinatra joining The Beatles (who were there at the same time as Farrow) on a quest for enlightenment in India. The Fab Four’s trip is just one part of Mick Brown’s fascinating tale of the West’s love affair with spiritualism. 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