FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
A teacher's life is transformed by a bird this week in The Penguin Lessons - see our interview with director Peter Cattaneo - while an Irish writer's life in celebrated in Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story - we spoke with director Sinéad O’Shea. Odysseus makes it back to Ithaca to find things have changed for the worse in The Return, while a woman embarks on a journey of self-discovery in I Am Love, and a bereaved teenager finds himself responsible for his little sister in Holy Cow! A young writer engages in sex work to inform his novel in Sebastian. Meanwhile, there are big screen rereleases for Studio Ghibli classic Howl's Moving Castle and Aardman Animation favourite Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.
In addition to this, we have a great selection of streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
The Summer With Carmen
Streaming now on Amazon
Scanners
Blu-Ray Review
Making a splash Sam Hayes on risk-taking, old summer traditions and Pools
Secret rhythm Naian González Norvind on silence, fear and rebellion in Corina
The through lines Bobbi Jo Hart and June Millington with Ed Bahlman on Bakunawa and Fanny The Right To Rock
If the shoe fits Emilie Blichfeldt on beauty standards, acts of desperation and The Ugly Stepsister
Sensorial cinema Miguel Gomes on Somerset Maugham and updating the travelogue in The Grand Tour
Tribeca announces feature line-up Miley Cyrus 'visual album' and Culture Club doc among selection
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