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Body electric
by Jennie Kermode
Daria Kashcheeva on developing and animating Electra
Concrete ideas
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alessandro Nivola on Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and The Brutalist
Masters of survival
by Paul Risker
Mika Gustafson and Alexander Öhrstrand on pursuing emotional truth in Paradise Is Burning
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 2 to 8
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly or stream this week
The storyteller
by Paul Risker
Ali Kalthami on the birth of Saudi Arabian cinema, and Night Courier
A race with his own heart
by Jennie Kermode
Liev Schreiber on Venice, Hemingway, and Across The River And Into The Trees
Framing a president
by Andrew Robertson
Jon Voight, Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller on Reagan
Growing pains and gains
by Amber Wilkinson
Saulė Bliuvaitė on developing and shooting Golden Leopard winner Toxic
Taking back power
by Jennie Kermode
Lucía Forner Segarra on reinventing the revenge film in Berta
'I think a country without movies is a country without memory'
by Amber Wilkinson
César Díaz on bringing Mexico 86 to the screen
Groundbreaking
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stephen Soucy on James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Richard Robbins and Merchant Ivory
Stay-at-Home Seven: August 26 to September 1
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
A piece of cake
by Jennie Kermode
Yasuda Jun’ichi on sweetness and keeping it real in A Samurai In Time
An assault on the senses
by Jennie Kermode and Paul Risker
JT Mollner and Giovanni Ribisi on colour, chemistry and creativity in Strange Darling
True colours
by Jennie Kermode
Aurélia Mengin on depicting schizophrenia in Scarlet Blue
True to herself
by Paul Risker
Joanne Mitchell on damaged people and Broken Bird
Collaboration and imitation
by Amber Wilkinson
John Turturro talks about his career in Sarajevo, from the Coen Brothers to Transformers
The art of saying less
by Paul Risker
HP Mendoza on The Secret Art Of Human Flight
On the cutting edge
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jason Cohn on Modernism, Inc.: The Eliot Noyes Design Story
Stay-at-Home Seven: August 19 to 25
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on telly this week
Style and substance: the best of Frightfest 2024
by Jennie Kermode
Strange Darling, Children Of The Wicker Man, The Dead Thing, Scared Shitless and Scarlet Blue
Delon - the lethal angel in a trench-coat
by Richard Mowe
'Peaceful' parting shot of a French cinema giant at 88
'I was imagining my mother in a similar situation'
by Amber Wilkinson
Bérénice Bejo on why Mexico 86 reminded her of her own family
Movie metamorphoses
by Amber Wilkinson
Ramon and Silvan Zürcher on change in The Sparrow In The Chimney and their filmmaking evolution
Metal monster
by Jennie Kermode
Kyle Sevenoaks and Christopher Wiborg on uniting music and horror in Taste In Music
Highlights from EIFF 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch at this year's festival
Dreams are just dreams
by Paul Risker
Wei Shujun on the philosophy and psychology of Only The River Flows
Do not forget
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Piero Messina on creating strange suspense in Another End
Stay-at-Home Seven: August 12 to 18
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
Out of season
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Ginevra Elkann on intensifying heat and I Told You So
Don't be square
by Paul Risker
Vincenzo Natali on the need for weirdness in cinema, and Cube
Mythical beast
by Jennie Kermode
Nick Johnson on re-envisioning the desert in Sunburnt Unicorn
A brutal descent
by Paul Risker
Iain Glen and Julien Hayet-Kerknawi on war, personal relationships and The Last Front
Time to kill
by Jennie Kermode
Neil Marshall on gangsters, gore, diamonds and Duchess
Ends and beginnings
by Paul Risker
India Donaldson on trusting an audience and making Good One
A matter of reality
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Edoardo De Angelis on Open Roads: New Italian Cinema highlight Comandante
Stay-at-Home Seven: August 5 to 11
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on telly this week
Things to come
by Jennie Kermode
Scooter McCrae, Damian Maffei and Yvonne Emilie Thälker on Black Eyed Susan
Running with the wolves
by Jennie Kermode
Annick Blanc on asking people to open their eyes with Hunting Daze
Something under the earth is drooling
by Jennie Kermode
Toby Poser and John Adams on Hell Hole
Monster and metaphor
by Paul Risker
Alexander J Farrell and Greer Ellison on the layers of meaning in The Beast Within
Family forever
by Jennie Kermode
Isaac Ezban on exploring a troubled world through children's eyes in Parvulos
A gradual unravelling
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman in conversation on Coup!
Killing on the clock
by Jennie Kermode
Araki Shinji on keeping viewers guessing in Penalty Loop
Los Angeles after dark
by Jennie Kermode
Elric Kane on the nocturnal city and The Dead Thing
Stay-at-Home Seven: July 29 to August 4
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
Making the call
by Jennie Kermode
Steven Kostanski on making monsters in Frankie Freako
A moment of transformation
by Jennie Kermode
Miguel Llansó on the changing nature of humanity and Infinite Summer
All the buzz
by Jennie Kermode
Sander Maran and Peeter Maran on Chainsaws Were Singing
A wicked experience
by Paul Risker
Daniel Kokotajlo on British folk horror and Starve Acre
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