FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
A depressed teenager finds solace in witchcraft this week in Camp, while brothers bond over missing loot in The Last Viking - we interviewed star Mads Mikkelsen. An older woman adapts to assisted living in Familiar Touch, a young woman faces a crisis head on in Effi O Blaenau - we spoke with director and star Marc Evans & Leisa Gwenllian. A young man prepares for chemotherapy in Nino - read our interview with director Pauline Loquès, and another falls in love while mourning his father in Cactus Pears - see what director Rohan Kanawade told us about it. Alternatively, you can journey through the universe with a Lesbian Space Princess - we interviewed directors Leela Varghese & Emma Hough Hobbs. Meanwhile, there are big screen rereleases for John Woo gangster classic A Better Tomorrow and unique surrealist animation Angel's Egg.
In addition to the above, we have a great selection of streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven, and there's more to explore in our Eye for books column and podcast.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Blu-Ray Review
Hold The Fort
Streaming now on digital
FESTIVALS
We've recently covered Docs Ireland, where Immrám screened.
We still have reviews coming in from Sheffield DocFest, Tribeca and ImagineNative.
Sacred and profane Hannah Peterson on adapting David Hornsby's Via Negativa
Suspicious minds Rebecca Zlotowski on building past lives and working with Jodie Foster on A Private Life
Home grown Natalie Baszile and Hyacinth Parker on making a portrait of a farming family in Harvest
The human story Seán Murray on Lebanon, the death of Amal Khalil and Journacide: The War On Truth
Heightened reality Louise Bagnall on bringing animation Julián to vibrant, colourful life
One For The Road David Drake on working with Margo Martindale on The Long Haul
We're bringing you news, reviews and more from Docs Ireland.
We're looking forward to the Muslim International Film Festival and the Fantasia International Film Festival.
We've recently brought you coverage of Sheffield DocFest, ImagineNative, Tribeca, Cannes, Queer East, the San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Visions du Réel, Fantaspoa, Overlook, BFI Flare and SXSW, the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival and the NY Rendezvous with French Cinema.
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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:
Karlovy Vary Keitel, Hoffman and Binoche take the waters as second wave of guests announced
The Evia Project Event returns for a 5th year with focus on the forest
DocFest Winners announced
Tribeca Awards announced
Karlovy Vary 60th anniversary edition to feature Jesse Eisenberg and Maggie Gyllenhaal as guests
