2 APRIL 1988, page 36

Cinema

Empire of the Sun (PG', selected cinemas) Unlucky Jim Hilary Mantel J .G. Ballard, on whose novel this film is based, has had brushes with Hollywood before. It was he who wrote......

Photography

Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits (National Portrait Gallery, till 19 June) Hot shots Francis Hodgson R obert Mapplethorpe may or may not be a very fine photographer. At the mo-......