FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
Santa slays in many ways this week in horror remake Silent Night, Deadly Night, an awkward young man inveigles his way into a musician's life in Lurker, and a pregnant woman finds emancipation as aliens appear in Morocco in Animalia - see our interview with director Sofia Alaoui. A young Brazilian takes up sex work and falls for his mentor in Baby, while an ageing Macedonian farmer adopts an injured stork in The Tale Of Silyan. Consequences get out of control in the award-winning It Was Just An Accident - we spoke with director Jafar Panahi. Teenagers learn the ways of the north in Folktales and a former soldier seeks vengeance in Lagos in Son Of The Soil. Meanwhile, there are festive rereleases for Kubrick classic The Shining, indie character study Christmas, Again and kids' favourite The Grinch.
Plus we have a great selection of streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven, and you can check out our semi-regular column, Eye For Books.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
Reflection In A Dead Diamond
Streaming now on Shudder
The Big Blue
Blu-Ray Review
FESTIVALS
With the film festival year drawing to a close, we're turning our attention to awards season over the coming weeks, including many of the short films in the frame. Among the feature-length contenders this year is The Secret Agent, is among those in the running at the Golden Globes.
We still have reviews coming in from Thessaloniki Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
World of difference Sarah Goher on exploring the life of a child maid through a little girl's eyes in Happy Birthday
'The higher we got.. the more intense and emotional it got' Alexander Murphy on love and migration in Goodbye Sisters
Lifted up by an idea Kent Jones on Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, and Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht’s Surabaya Johnny in Late Fame
Remote but connected Daood Alabdulaa and Louise Zenker on Syria, ISIS, women's stories and Walud
Carlo Rambaldi retrospective announced MoMA and Cinecittà to screen 15 of the VFX legend's works
Sundance announces feature line-up Scottish films among those making the cut
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