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Holding on to the magic
by Jennie Kermode
Thomas von Steinaecker on Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer
A bygone era
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeff Zimbalist on Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan, Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, Gore Vidal and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer
Fit for a spy
by Andrew Robertson
The new James Bond Scalextric set for those who don't like to be taken for a ride
You see it and feel it
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Tove Ditlevsen, Laurence Olivier and Faithless
In the service of the story
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Matteo Garrone on fairy tales and Italy’s Oscar submission, Io Capitano
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 27 to December 3
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
Speaking out
by Amber Wilkinson
Joachim Lafosse on power and shame in A Silence
Bridging the divide
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Amy Nicholson on DOC NYC highlight Happy Campers
Owning it
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Claire Jeffreys and Ed Bahlman on Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between
Taxi through time
by Amber Wilkinson
Christian Carion on taking viewers on a journey across Paris and into a woman's past in Driving Madeleine
Stories of hope
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Beth Lane on DOC NYC highlight UnBroken
A gran plan
by Amber Wilkinson
Karl R Hearne on The G's inspiration, those who target the old and the portrayal of female sexuality as a radical act
Like a fever dream
by Jennie Kermode
Jesse Eisenberg on exploring troubled masculinity in Manodrome
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 20 to 26
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
One second warning
by Jennie Kermode
Scott Bateman on the extraordinary creation of 5000 Space Aliens
Where my heart is
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht, fairy tales and Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Personal politics
by Amber Wilkinson
Romas Zabarauskas on political debate and identity in The Writer
Circus attraction
by Amber Wilkinson
Gust Van den Berghe on world creation and comedy with weight in The Magnet Man
Putting The G in Vengeance
by Amber Wilkinson
Dale Dickey on her role as a gran bent on revenge and the resolution of the actors' strike
Beyond normalcy
by Jennie Kermode
Niels Arden Oplev on portraying mental illness in Rose
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 13 to 19
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on telly this week
A postcard from Thessaloniki Film Festival
by Amber Wilkinson
Strong performances to the fore as Greek showcase ends 64th edition
The roller-coaster life of a man
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeff Zimbalist on Invisible Beauty and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer
Inhabiting other places
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeremy Thomas on David Cronenberg, William Burroughs, JG Ballard, Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
From the cradle to the grave
by Jennie Kermode
John Trengove on masculinity in crisis and Manodrome
The past looking to the future
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum on Loïe Fuller and Obsessed With Light
The dreamers
by Jennie Kermode
Ian Hunt-Duffy and Pollyanna McIntosh discuss Irish horror and Double Blind
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 6 to 12
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on TV this week
A cuckoo in the nest
by Jennie Kermode
Nate Dushku on queer community, psychopathy, realism and Birder
Always within her
by Jennie Kermode
Elene Naveriani on the recognition of beauty and Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Comedic bite
by Amber Wilkinson
Ariane Louis-Seize on injecting Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person with humour
The sky’s the limit
by Anne-Katrin Titze
James Sanders on the locations and more in Celluloid Skyline: New York And The Movies
A kind of deliberate excess
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Mick Harvey on Wim Wenders, Serge Gainsbourg and Mutiny In Heaven: The Birthday Party
Double jeopardy
by Jennie Kermode
Karoline Lyngbye on mixing it up in Superposition
Stay-At-Home Seven - October 30 to November 6
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch at home this week
Looking differently at a monster
by Amber Wilkinson
Hope Dickson Leach on her fresh take on Jekyll and Hyde
A pretty picture
by Jennie Kermode
Samuel Clemens on art, ancient mythology, acting and The Waterhouse
Metropolis in blue
by Jennie Kermode
Gabriel Grieco and Nicanor Loreti on Eighties inspirations and making Maria
Halloween listings 2023
by Jennie Kermode
Spooky cinema around the UK
Having a vision
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Ronni Thomas, Matt ‘Ugly’ McGlade, and Frank Szelwach on Barbie and Skin Kligman
Symbolism in the frame
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Susanna Fogel on Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Isabella Rossellini, Hope Davis and Cat Person
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 23 to 29
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on telly this week
Summoning and questioning the past
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kaouther Ben Hania on Tunisia’s Oscar submission Four Daughters
A sporting chance
by Amber Wilkinson
Julia Fuhr Mann on exploring athletic bias and looking beyond the binary in Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning
The true richness in being
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Michael Mann on Troy Kennedy Martin, Sydney Pollack and Massimo Cantini Parrini's costumes for Ferrari
Pain and playfulness
by Amber Wilkinson
Isabella Eklöf on directorial choices and remote shooting and adapting Kalak
Between two worlds
by Jennie Kermode
Bishal Dutta on introducing the West to new myths and old scares in It Lives Inside
Mixing fact and fiction
by Amber Wilkinson
Henry Bernadet on working with his cast to develop teen ensemble drama Gamma Rays
Spirited away
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kleber Mendonça Filho on the films of Agnès Varda, Manoel de Oliveira and Martin Scorsese, and Pictures Of Ghosts
Stay-At-Home Seven - October 16 to 22
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
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Holding on to the magic Thomas von Steinaecker on Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer

A bygone era Jeff Zimbalist on Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan, Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, Gore Vidal and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer

Fit for a spy The new James Bond Scalextric set for those who don't like to be taken for a ride

You see it and feel it Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Tove Ditlevsen, Laurence Olivier and Faithless

In the service of the story Matteo Garrone on fairy tales and Italy’s Oscar submission, Io Capitano

Speaking out Joachim Lafosse on power and shame in A Silence

Bridging the divide Amy Nicholson on DOC NYC highlight Happy Campers

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