FILMS OUT THIS WEEK

The story of a fashion model turned war correspondent is told this week in Lee, while an older Iranian woman goes looking for love in My Favourite Cake and an actor struggles with the roles required of him in In Camera - see our interview with director Naqqash Khalid. A theatre reviewer hatches a blackmail scheme in The Critic and three generations of women discover their similarities in The Queen Of My Dreams - see what director Fawzia Mirza told us about it. There are ghostly shenanigans in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the story of King Henry VIII's final marriage is told in Firebrand, and a woman becomes obsessed with the trial of a murderer in Red Rooms - we spoke with director Pascal Plante. A teenager faces a confusing diagnosis in Fitting In, and a desperate woman goes to extremes in The Baby Snatcher. Meanwhile there are big screen re-releases for classic thriller The Third Man and Tom Holland hit Spider-Man: Homecoming.

We also have a great selection of film and streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven, and with Toronto Film Festival underway, why not check out our Streaming Spotlight on previous winners.

DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS

Packshot of Red Sun on Blu-Ray Red Sun Blu-Ray Review
In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the US president, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.
Packshot of All You Need Is Death on All You Need Is Death Streaming now on Shudder
A young couple records and collects folk songs in rural Ireland, selling them to a mysterious, rich buyer. When rumours of a song never-before-heard reach the couple, they find themselves in an uneasy alliance with a music professor to discover an ancient song.

FESTIVALS

We're bringing you all the latest from the Toronto Film Festival, where Souleymane's Story is screening, and the Cheltenham International Film Festival.

News

An epic work of art Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist

Wild card Emile Hirsch on playing poker, suffering for his art and Dead Money

Life in full colour Fawzia Mirza on intergenerational connection, Bollywood, queerness and The Queen Of My Dreams

By book and by crook Sophie Deraspe on bringing Shepherds to the big screen

'It's the story of my family and their coming here' Arshile Egoyan on drawing on his mum's childhood for Before They Joined Us

Marriage of creativity Husband and wife Deepak Rauniyar and Asha Magrati on their latest collaboration Pooja, Sir

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