FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
Art and life mingle this week in a story about Shakespeare's son, Hamnet. A Neil Diamond tribute act leads to love this week in Song Sung Blue, while a photographer talks about art in Peter Hujar's Day. Meanwhile there are big screen rereleases for David Lynch classic Blue Velvet, penguin dance-off Happy Feet and David Bowie's goblintastic musical Labyrinth.
Plus we have a great selection of streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
Red Sonja
Blu-Ray Review
Dracula
Blu-Ray Review
FESTIVALS
We're kicking off this year's festival coverage with reviews and interviews for Palm Springs, where you can catch some of this year's big awards contenders, including haunting drama Reedland.
The fall of man Matteo Burani and Arianna Gheller on directing and animating Playing God
The image makers Anne Catherine Sauerberg and Thomas Foldberg on hair and make-up in The Ugly Stepsister
Shaping a different view Tribeny Rai on shining a light on Sikkim in Shape Of Momo
The game changer Albert Birney on his love of old computer games, his dog Dorothy, and Obex
Back for another Kiss Bill Condon and Kiss Of The Spider Woman star Tonatiuh on the latest version of Puig's work
'The important thing is to make films you believe in' Ben Rivers on myth adaptation and world creation in Mare's Nest
We're bringing you all the latest from Palm Springs.
We've recently brought you coverage of the French Film Festival UK, Thessaloniki Film Festival, DOC NYC, Leeds International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights, Abertoir, Halloween Frightfest, the Cheltenham Film Festival the London Film Festival, Newfest, the New York Film Festival, Beyond Fest, the San Sebastian Film Festival and Fantastic Fest.
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With awards season in full flow, you can keep track of the latest news on that here:
Golden Globes winners Hamnet and One Battle After Another crowned
BAFTA longlist One Battle After Another has most nominations
Critics Choice Awards Another good night for Paul Thomas Anderson
OFCS awards nominations Sinners leads the pack
