Maybe she was kidding, but director Clio Barnard recently described “Ali & Ava” as her shot at making a “social-realist musical.” The phrase, which slipped out during an interview from the ...

‘Ali & Ava’ Review: Two Lonelyhearts Connect in Clio Barnard’s Outside-the-Box Musical Reviewed online, Oct. 15, 2021. (In Busan, Cannes, Toronto, BFI London, AFI film festivals.) ...

Maybe she was kidding, but director Clio Barnard recently described “Ali & Ava” as her shot at making a “social-realist musical.” The phrase, which slipped out during an interview from the ...