FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
This week sees a lonely actor reconnect with life by playing real people in Rental Family, while the slaughter of a Palestinian family is remembered in docudrama The Voice Of Hind Rajab, and art and life mingle in Golden Globe-winning Shakespeare story Hamnet. There's also a 25th anniversary big screen rerelease for Peter Jackson's The Fellowship Of The Ring: Extended Edition, The Two Towers: Extended Edition and The Return Of The King: Extended Edition.
Plus we have a great selection of streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
Red Sonja
Blu-Ray Review
Dracula
Blu-Ray Review
FESTIVALS
We kicked off this year's festival coverage with reviews and interviews for Palm Springs, where attendees were able to catch some of the past year's most impressive works, including documentary Remaining Native.
Orange pop Kathryn Ferguson on telling Irish stories, Wendy Erskine, Aidan Gillen and Nostalgie
Your damsel is in another castle Mimi Wilcox on Michaela Madden, Patty Hearst, Stockholm Syndrome and Bad Hostage
'I like putting incompatible stuff together and seeing how it works' Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke on mixing fantasy and reality in A Useful Ghost
Cleaned out Benjamin Flaherty on addiction, rehab, insurance scams and Shuffle
No Good Men to open Berlinale Drama is third feature from Shahrbanoo Sadat
Panahi calls for international action It Was Just An Accident filmmaker speaks out on Iran crackdown
We're looking forward to Sundance, the Berlinale and the Glasgow Film Festival.
We've recently brought you coverage of Palm Springs, the French Film Festival UK, Thessaloniki Film Festival, DOC NYC, Leeds International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights, Abertoir, Halloween Frightfest, the Cheltenham Film Festival and the London Film Festival.
Read our full archive for more.
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With awards season in full flow, you can keep track of the latest news on that here:
Golden Globes winners Hamnet and One Battle After Another crowned
Lumiere nominations French awards season heats up
Critics Choice Awards Another good night for Paul Thomas Anderson
OFCS awards nominations Sinners leads the pack
