FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
An ageing writer tries to reconnect with his offspring this week in & Sons, while a film director has an unexpected experience with a star in Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma. Jason Statham plays a bodyguard framed for murder in Mutiny and stewardesses try to stave off disaster in Drag Race spin-off Stop! That! Train! Three nuns and a bereaved boy go on an adventure this week in Holy Days, and a suburban neighbourhood undergoes a cosmic event in The End Of Oak Street. Plus there are big screen re-releases for Danny Boyle classic Trainspotting and claymation adventures Early Man and The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists.
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
Hunt For The Wilderpeople : 10th anniversary edition
Blu-Ray Review
FESTIVALS
Ken Russell classic The Devils has undergone restoration and will be back in cinemas this October.
We've recently been at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Locarno Film Festival and the Fantasia International Film Festival. We're looking forward to Frightfest.
Beach house blues Mia-Kate Russell, Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn and Bailey Spalding on Penny Lane Is Dead
Giving voice Andrea Grant on residential schools and The Bones Of Our Never-cestors
Women who are deadlier than the male Greek gothic noir Sea Of Glass turns the tables on two mainstream classics
The antithesis of a love story Sarah Bolger on working with Abner Pastoll on Frightfest opener Nervous
Coming of age in a conflict zone Skintown director on The Troubles, male friendship and winning the Sean Connery Prize
Dolly Parton dead at 80 Star remembered for her music, acting and philanthropy
We're looking forward to Frightfest, the Viennale, Fantastic Fest and San Sebastian.
We've recently brought you coverage of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Locarno Film Festival, the Fantasia International Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Muslim International Film Festival, Docs Ireland, Sheffield DocFest and ImagineNative.
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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:
Sarajevo announces winners
Sarajevo Woody Harrelson awarded Heart of Sarajevo after lively masterclass
EIFF Gets back its mojo
Locarno Isabella Rossellini receives Excellence Award
London Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut to close festival
