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Berlinale
Henry Fonda for President
★★★★★

No, the American actor Henry Fonda never ventured from the red carpet to the corridors...

Oliver Johnston 28^th February
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Berlinale
Spaceman: Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano and Johan Renck at the Berlinale 2024 press conference

Who knew that Celine Dion helped Adam Sandler get into character? At the Berlinale press...

Oliver Johnston 28^th February
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Berlinale
“I decided to treat myself as someone else – creating the distance between me as a daughter and me as a filmmaker”: Costanza Quatriglio on The Secret Drawer at Berlinale 2024

It must be a daunting task to not only document your family’s own history, but...

Oliver Johnston 28^th February
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Berlinale
The Secret Drawer
★★★★★

When a documentary filmmaker turns their camera on themself or their own family, the results...

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
The Listeners
★★★★★

As told by those on the other side of the experience, often the easiest way...

Thomas Messner 19^th November
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“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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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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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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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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Cannes
Jagten (The Hunt)
★★★★★

Thomas Vinterberg, once a prophet of Dogme 95 with the tremendous...

Ruta Buciunaite 21st May 2012
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Cannes
Laurence Anyways
★★★★★

Opening with the powerful base of If I Had A Heart by Fever...

Ruta Buciunaite 21st May 2012
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Cannes
Mekong Hotel
★★★★★

After his Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives‘ success in Cannes...

Ruta Buciunaite 20th May 2012
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Cannes
Paradise: Love – The comeback of Ulrich Seidl
★★★★★

After five years of silence, the extravagant...

Ruta Buciunaite 19th May 2012
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Cannes
Lawless
★★★★★

This year’s Cannes Film Festival is abundant in American productions — six...

Ruta Buciunaite 19th May 2012
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Film festivals
Human Rights Film Festival: Habibi

Director and Screenwriter Susan Youssef’s Habibi is a story of forbidden love in the Gaza...

Connie Viney 5th April 2012
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Film festivals
Human Rights Film Festival: Putin’s Kiss
★★★★★

Unlike many other film festivals that occur throughout the year, the Human...

Richard Taverner 30th March 2012
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Film festivals
Human Rights Film Festival: Little Heaven
★★★★★

Aware of the manipulation a skilfully edited documentary can have upon an...

David Houston 30th March 2012
Human Rights Film Festival: Brother Number One
In the summer of 1978, New Zealander Kerry Hamill and his two friends embarked on the sailing adventure of a lifetime. Setting off from the Australian coastline, they aimed to sail around the waters of South-East Asia and eventually, the rest of the world. Hamill said an emotional farewell to his parents...

Connie Viney 28th March 2012
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Film festivals
Human Rights Film Festival: Love Crimes of Kabul
★★★★★

The subject of women in prison has long been a staple of TV and film,...

Fiona Keating 26th March 2012

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