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'I think there is a wisdom to children that adults lose sight of'
by Amber Wilkinson
Matthew Rankin on liminal spaces and child's play in Universal Language
Expecting something different
by Jennie Kermode
Samuel Flueckiger, Lucy Wirth, Jürg Plüss and Gano Salome Gerliani on Unser Kind
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 9 to 15
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on telly this week
On the borderline
by Jennie Kermode
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo on crossing genres in The Soul Eater
Camp culture
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Andrew Reich with Ed Bahlman on Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
Hunt for truth
by Amber Wilkinson
Director Christos Pitharas on building fiction on fact in his latest feature
Happy holidays
by Jennie Kermode
Nick Frost and Aisling Bea on playing Brits abroad in Get Away
Bloody good fun
by Jennie Kermode
Steffen Haars, Maisie Ayres and Sebastian Croft on Get Away
Chaos equals opportunity
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Rex Miller with Ed Bahlman on The Clash and Harley Flanagan: Wired For Chaos
Postcard from the International Crime And Punishment Festival
by Amber Wilkinson
We report from the justice festival's vibrant 14th edition
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 2 to 8
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on telly or stream this week
A little unpredictability
by Paul Risker
Payal Kapadia on cinematic inspirations and All We Imagine As Light
In the frame
by Jennie Kermode
Kelly Pike on coming of age, gender, power and Picture Day
'I like to say that as long as there’s a laugh, there is hope'
by Amber Wilkinson
Teemu Nikki on creating Finnish sahti comedy Western 100 Litres Of Gold
Metal rebound
by Jennie Kermode
Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren on the further adventures of Impaled Rektum in Heavier Trip
Coming home
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jacqueline Baylon on her award-winning short and Oscar contender Until He’s Back
All or nothing
by Jennie Kermode
Clair Titley on Nasubi, Denpa Shōnen and making The Contestant
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 25 to December 1
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on telly this week
Hooked on fairy tales
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sigrid Nunez on Bing, fairy tales and the adaptation of her novel The Friend
Jumping into a life
by Amber Wilkinson
Emilios Avraam and Niovi Charalambous on Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump
A dark time
by Jennie Kermode
Kim Sung Soo on capturing history and getting a shot at an Oscar with 12.12: The Day
Reflections of a cat
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Gints Zilbalodis on Hayao Miyazaki, fairy tales and Latvia’s Oscar submission, Flow
Man about town
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Gay Talese on Watching Frank, Frank Sinatra, and his latest book, A Town Without Time
Magnificent creatures
by Jennie Kermode
Jayro Bustamante on giving the girls of Hogar Seguro a voice in Rita
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 18 to 24
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on TV or stream this week
A unified vision
by Anne-Katrin Titze
DOC NYC highlights and cinematographer Michael Crommett on Dan Winters: Life Is Once. Forever.
Poetry and loss
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Géza Röhrig on Terrence Malick, Josh Safdie, and Richard Kroehling’s After: Poetry Destroys Silence
'I’m still enjoying the process of talking about Julie and advocating for her silence'
by Amber Wilkinson
Leonardo van Dijl on Belgian Oscar nominee Julie Keeps Quiet
Clocking in
by Jennie Kermode
Michael Felker on how he learned to time travel and Things Will Be Different
Dancing to his tune
by Jennie Kermode
Anthony Waller on guilt, ambiguity and being married to Elizabeth Hurley in Piper
'Help does not have borders'
by Amber Wilkinson
Lidia Duda on the challenges of making refugee crisis documentary Forest
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 11 to 17
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on telly this week
It's about the community
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Dustin Pittman with Ed Bahlman on Gloria Swanson, Iggy Pop, Liza Minnelli, Lou Reed, Mick Jagger, and New York After Dark
'I wanted it to be meditative and poetic'
by Amber Wilkinson
Thea Hvistendahl on her very different approach to zombies in Handling The Undead
A spell in the woods
by Jennie Kermode
Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick on The Blair Witch Project
The treasure hunter
by Jennie Kermode
Edmund Hartman on recovering the work of Richard Lyford
In hot water
by Jennie Kermode
Blake Rice on the sting of first love, the importance of fun on set, and Tea
Going to the mat
by Jennie Kermode
Amir Zargara on paying tribute to Navid Afkari with A Good Day Will Come
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 4 to 10
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch in TV or stream this week
It's all life
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alan Rudolph on what’s in Breakfast Of Champions and not in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel
Small town problems
by Jennie Kermode
Boston McConnaughey and Renny Grames on Utah, demolition derbies and Alien Country
'The real horror is how they treat each other'
by Amber Wilkinson
Nikol Cybulya on trauma and relationships in Tomorrow I Die
Leaning to darkness
by Jennie Kermode
Aislinn Clarke on the Na Sidhe, Ireland's troubled history, and Fréwaka
Strangers in paradise
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney, Owen Wilson and Breakfast Of Champions
A father's choice
by Jennie Kermode
Luke Morgan and Jake Morgan on leprosy, shooting in Nepal and The Boat
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 28 to November 3
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
Halloween listings 2024
by Jennie Kermode
Scary screenings to enjoy across the UK
Passion and commitment
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Craig Schoenbaum on The New York Choral Society Presents: Voices Of Light / The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
Inside the archives
by Andrew Robertson
DC Thomson's collection is integrated into the National Library of Scotland's Moving Image archive
Making it big
by Jennie Kermode
Joseph Pierce on exploring opium addiction through rotoscoping in Scale
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Body, heart and mind Leah Nelson on her mother's experience of memory loss, and making Tangles

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Hoffman still working out life’s mysteries Eternal star of The Graduate receives top Karlovy Vary accolade

Pilgrims' progress David Andrew Ward on capturing spiritual journeys in Human Tide

Telling tales Alex Vlack on comedy, cruelty, moral rationalisation and The Revisionist

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