FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
Consequences get out of control this week in the award-winning It Was Just An Accident - we spoke with director Jafar Panahi. Teenagers learn the ways of the north in Folktales while a former soldier seeks vengeance in Lagos in Son Of The Soil. The true story of a talented boxer trapped in an abusive relationship is told in Christy, while an alcoholic lyricist has a crisis on opening night in Blue Moon. The further adventures of Eighties band Black Lace are revealed in Still Pushing Pineapples, animals have to make a dangerous trip between reserves in Rhino, and the visual language of true crime is explored in Zodiac Killer Project - see our interview with director Charlie Shackleton - while there's a festive rerelease for 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 Sinners, which topped the nominations list at the Critics Choice Awards.
We still have reviews coming in from Thessaloniki Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Remote but connected Daood Alabdulaa and Louise Zenker on Syria, ISIS, women's stories and Walud
Siren song Ali Cook on mermaids, medicine, misogyny and The Pearl Comb
The killing room Pier-Philippe Chevigny on prison, pigs and making Mercenaire
One Battle After Another is Golden Globes frontrunner Sentimental Value and Sinners also enjoy success
Scots-based director among prize winners in Aguilar Theo Panagopoulos' The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing honoured
California Schemin' to close GFF James McAvoy's debut follows aspiring rap duo Silibil N’ Brains
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