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Film

COVID can’t stop the film freaks at CUFF

The world’s longest-running underground film festival plays on.

Cate Le Bon, Black Midi, Ibeyi, and Chai are among the acts from abroad at the festival this year.

Headliners Robyn, Haim, and the Isley Brothers are joined on the bill by the likes of Pusha T, Stereolab, and Mavis Staples.

Would you expect anything less of a place staffed by students of meditation?

Longman & Eagle’s Derek Alexander draws on the spice trade in his chai-flavored cocktail with baby-formula pearls and breast-milk bubbles.