Film festivals

Lurker

Since the days of Entourage, the ecosystem surrounding young stars has captivated audiences. Lurker, the feature debut of Alex Russell, channels that fascination into...

Lesbian Space Princess

Reflection in a Dead Diamond

What Does That Nature Say to You

Yunan

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Berlinale
Lurker

★★★★★

Since the days of Entourage, the ecosystem surrounding young stars has captivated audiences. Lurker, the...

Christina Yang 21^st February
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Berlinale
Lesbian Space Princess

★★★★★

Vibrant and mischievous, Lesbian Space Princess is a queer adventure entry into this year’s Berlinale...

Mae Trumata 21^st February
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Berlinale
Reflection in a Dead Diamond

★★★★★

Plunging viewers into a bygone world of decadence and mystery, Reflection in a Dead Diamond...

Christina Yang 21^st February
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Cinema & Tv
“My main concern is the story I’m telling – not the place where it takes place”: Abderrahmane Sissako on Black Tea at Berlinale 2024

The gentle rhythms of Black Tea might make the film too laid-back for some audiences,...

Oliver Johnston 28^th February

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Cannes
Motel Destino

★★★★★

Motels have a cinematic reputation as providing a bolthole to drifters, ne’er do wells and...

Mark Worgan 24^th May
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Cannes
Misericordia

★★★★★

Latin for “mercy”, the term “misericordia” denotes a devotional song during service, asking for God’s...

Selina Sondermann 24^th May
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Cannes
All We Imagine as Light

★★★★★

Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light may be one of the final films to...

Mark Worgan 24^th May
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Cinema & Tv
“Cate Blanchett told me Tár was not only the story of a conductor. And our film was not only about a conductor”: Benjamin Lavernhe on The Marching Band at Cannes Film Festival 2024

Tár star Cate Blanchett gave French actor Benjamin Lavernhe an important tip before taking his...

Mark Worgan 22^nd May

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Venice
“The coma is a pretext to tell the immobility of people stuck in their routine”: Valerio Mastandrea interview on Feeling Better

Valerio Mastandrea’s latest film, Feeling Better, takes audiences on a poignant and imaginative exploration of...

Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 17^th September
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Venice
“For me, life is just more beautiful with humour”: Bernhard Wenger on Peacock at Venice Film Festival 2024

The International Critics Week is a parallel section of the Venice Film Festival dedicated to...

Selina Sondermann 17^th September
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Venice
“I like questions more when it comes to creating a character, rather than finding the answers”: Albrecht Schuch on Peacock at Venice Film Festival 2024

As with any big festival, smaller parallel sections, tucked away from the glitzy main competition,...

Selina Sondermann 17^th September
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Venice
Peacock

★★★★★

At the International Critics Week, which runs parallel to the Venice film festival, the directorial...

Selina Sondermann 17^th September

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Film festivals
“Both Christopher and Dana didn’t want barriers or borders, they wanted people to achieve their dreams”: Peter Ettedgui and Ian Bonhôte on Super/Man – The Christopher Reeve Story at London Film Festival 2024

A hero in more ways than one, the story of Christopher Reeve – from donning...

Mae Trumata 29^th October
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Film festivals
“We’ve been calling it a cyber feminist goose chase”: Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross on Seeking Mavis Beacon at London Film Festival 2024

With her radiant smile and business-casual attire, Mavis Beacon evokes a sense of nostalgia for...

Christina Yang 28^th October
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Film festivals
The Summer Book: On the red carpet with Charlie McDowell, Emily Matthews and Robert Jones at London Film Festival 2024

A story of father, daughter and grandmother, The Summer Book stars Glenn Close, Anders Danielsen...

Mae Trumata 28^th October
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Film festivals
Bird: On the red carpet with Nykiya Adams, Jason Buda, James Nelson-Joyce and Frankie Box at London Film Festival 2024

The Upcoming hit the red carpet during London Film Festival for the premiere of Bird,...

Sarah Bradbury 23^rd October

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Glasgow
Last Straw

★★★★★

A night of terror awaits the manager of a small-town diner in Last Straw, the...

Andrew Murray 9^th March
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Glasgow
Edge of Summer

★★★★★

Lucy Cohen delivers a tender coming-of-age tale bristling with angsty adolescence in Edge of Summer....

Andrew Murray 8^th March
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Glasgow
Coup!

★★★★★

Writing and directing duo Joseph Schuman and Austin Stark create a giddy and darkly comic...

Andrew Murray 8^th March
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Cinema & Tv
“There are no bangs and flashes; it’s just a story about how we treat each other”: James Cosmo on My Sailor, My Love at Glasgow Film Festival 2023

Veteran actor James Cosmo (Braveheart, Highlander, His Dark Materials) stars opposite Brid Brennan and Catherine...

Andrew Murray 9^th March

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Film festivals
Kneecap

★★★★★

An indigenous language dies once every 40 days, and with it goes a sense of...

Guy Lambert 11^th June
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Cinema & Tv
Dìdi: On the red carpet with Sean Wang, Carlos Lopez and Valerie Bush at Sundance London 2024

This feature debut from filmmaker Sean Wang is a coming-of-age drama set in the 2000s...

Ezelle Alblas 10^th June
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Cinema & Tv
Sundance London 2024: On the red carpet with Emerald Fennell

As Sundance Film Festival 2024 celebrates its 40-year anniversary, actor and filmmaker Emerald Fennell was...

Ezelle Alblas 10^th June
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Film festivals
Skywalkers: A Love Story

★★★★★

“We’re telling a love story,” so the self-designated “rooftopper” Angela Nikolau declares of the social...

Thomas Messner 7^th June

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Movie
Marrakech Film Festival 2024: Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano, the prize-winning second feature film from...

Andrew Murray 8^th December
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Movie
Marrakech Film Festival 2024: The Wolves Always Come at Night
★★★★★

A seamless blend of fiction and documentary...

Andrew Murray 8^th December
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Movie
Marrakech Film Festival 2024: Silent Storms
★★★★★

Alongside being heavily associated with evil spirits and jump scares,...

Andrew Murray 8^th December
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Movie
Marrakech Film Festival 2024: One of Those Days When Hemme Dies
★★★★★

Directed by and starring Murat Fıratoğlu in his...

Andrew Murray 8^th December

Berlin Film Festival 2025: Köln 75 | Review
As statisticians and music fiends will know, the best-selling piano album of all time is the live recording of Keith Jarett’s 1975 improv jazz concert in Cologne. 50 years after the legendary night, Israeli-born/US-based filmmaker Ido Fluk (The Ticket) decides to tell the story of how it all came about and how...

Selina Sondermann 20th February 2025
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Berlinale
Delicious
★★★★★

Did you hate Saltburn for prioritising shock value, rather than contributing...

Selina Sondermann 20th February 2025
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Berlinale
The Safe House
★★★★★

Lionel Baier’s The Safe House (La cache) captures the turbulent political...

Christina Yang 20th February 2025
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Berlinale
Dreams (Sex Love)
★★★★★

With Dreams (Sex Love), Norwegian writer and director Dag Johan Haugerud...

Selina Sondermann 19th February 2025
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Berlinale
Kontinental ‘25
★★★★★

In a thoroughly undiplomatic exploration of contemporary Romanian society,...

Christina Yang 19th February 2025

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