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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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“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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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
Stealing Pulp Fiction

★★★★★

Best buddies Jonathan (Jon Rudnitsky) and Steve (Karan Soni) sit in a diner at the...

Andrew Murray 7^th March
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Glasgow
The Last Sacrifice

★★★★★

Whether it’s Ari Aster’s Midsommar, Robin Hardy’s genre-defining classic The Wicker Man or any of...

Andrew Murray 7^th March
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Glasgow
The Players

★★★★★

Countless stories have surfaced of powerful people using their influence to manipulate and control employees...

Andrew Murray 6^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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Theatre
Punk Off! The Sounds of Punk & New Wave at Dominion Theatre
★★★★★

Se7ven and Prestige Productions’ Punk...

James Humphrey 10^th March
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Theatre
Romeo & Juliet at Royal Opera House
★★★★★

Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet celebrates its 60th anniversary...

Constance A 9^th March
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Theatre
Punch at the Young Vic
★★★★★

James Graham – the writer behind such stage successes as Dear England and This House,...

Jonathan Marshall 7^th March
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Theatre
White Rose: The Musical at Marylebone Theatre
★★★★★

When it comes to depicting the Holocaust onstage or onscreen,...

Thomas Messner 5^th March

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Venice
The Hand of God
★★★★★

Naples in the mid-1980s: Diego Maradona has chosen Napoli as the next stop...

Selina Sondermann 3rd September 2021
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Venice
Promises (Les Promesses)
★★★★★

“A broken promise is not a lie.” This Paul Ekman quote...

Selina Sondermann 1st September 2021
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Film festivals
Gerda
★★★★★

Gerda is a diverting, if frustrating, account of thwarted personal choice in modern...

Joseph Owen 16th August 2021
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Film festivals
Brotherhood
★★★★★

Shot over five years in a docufictional style that fuses reality and...

Joseph Owen 16th August 2021
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Film festivals
The Sacred Spirit (Espiritu Sagrado)
★★★★★

This darkly comic work walks and, for the most part,...

Joseph Owen 13th August 2021
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Medea
★★★★★

The Greek myth of Medea ends in tragedy, and this bold, bullish adaptation from...

Joseph Owen 12th August 2021
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Vortex
★★★★★

Gaspar Noé, generally a director of provocations, has made an elegant and candid...

Joseph Owen 12th August 2021
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Film festivals
CODA
★★★★★

CODA was the subject of much industry discussion when it was sold at the Sundance...

Musanna Ahmed 4th August 2021
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Film festivals
Zola
★★★★★

One of the most anticipated independent titles of the year is Janicza Bravo’s Zola. Based...

Emma Kiely 4th August 2021
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Film festivals
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
★★★★★

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World examines the life of Björn...

Umar Ali 30th July 2021

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