FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
The world is threatened by a cursed computer game this week in Max Reload And The Nether Blasters, there's giant crocodile action in Black Water: Abyss and frontier life presents moral challenges in Waiting For The Barbarians. Icelandic society is explored in Echo and philosophy meets romance in Around The Sun. A teenager is radicalised in Young Ahmed - we spoke to directors Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne - while another defies religious objections to stage a fashion show in Papicha, folklore collides with Guatemalan politics in La Llorona and authoritarianism in the Philippines is explored in A Thousand Cuts. Three kids investigate a disappearance in What We Found, while the arrival of a new computer leads to a woman discovering she's Peripheral - see our interview with director Paul Hyett. Ice hockey, gangsters and the fall of Communism feature in Red Penguins and the targeting of architecture in war is explored in The Destruction Of Memory.
Julia Scotti: Funny That Way documents the comeback and family reconciliation of a trans stand-up comic… Link
A cursed video game leads to trouble for Max Reload And The Nether Blasters Link
Here's this week's Stay-At-Home Seven films to catch on streaming services and telly - one of which starts in less… Link
Tensions develop in a relationship after a blind woman recovers some sight in All I See Is You Link
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FESTIVALS
Check out our latest weekly column, the Stay-At-Home Seven, which suggests films you can watch on UK TV or streaming services in the coming days, this week including Rango. We've also got a Streaming Spotlight on cat ladies in film - they're not quite what you might expect - plus we're bringing you coverage of the online programming from the virtual edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest, the US streaming edition of the Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema celebration and the Edinburgh International Film Festival online selection.
Streaming spotlight: cat ladies Feline friendships in film
Kassovitz’s baptism of fire Star of The Bureau Mathieu Kassovitz recalls La Haine 25 years on
Stay-At-Home Seven: August 3 to 9 Our weekly round-up of films to catch on TV and streaming services
The Legend Of Baron To'a to close Fantasia Final tranche of films announced
San Sebastian adds competition titles Julien Temple and Harry Macqueen among those joining line-up
San Sebastian Official Selection takes shape Spanish titles bolster line-up
Doctor's documentary to address pandemic Nidhi Gupta hopes to reduce future risks
We're looking forward to the Fantasia International Film Festival and Frightfest.
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