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Lighting a fire
by Jennie Kermode
Nigel Askew on getting beyond nostalgia in Wake Up Punk
Streaming Spotlight: new lesbian film
by Jennie Kermode
Highlights from the new generation of films about women in love
Acting with sensations
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Anaïs Demoustier on Anaïs In Love, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet and her Cannes films
Tradition
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Daniel Raim on Fiddler’s Journey To The Big Screen, Norman Jewison, and production designer Robert F Boyle
What the heart wants
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Michael Mayer on Fanny Brice, Barbra Streisand, Beanie Feldstein and his Broadway revival of Funny Girl
Mysteries and mazes
by Jennie Kermode
Alexis Bruchon on the complexity of keeping it simple in The Eyes Below
Stay-at-Home Seven: April 25 to May 1
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on TV and streaming services this week
Eyes wide open
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Bernard-Henri Lévy on The Will To See, Ukraine and the French presidential election
Streaming Spotlight: Come up to the lab
by Amber Wilkinson
For World Laboratory Day, we're going to work with scientists
Hiding in the cosmos
by Jennie Kermode
Jane Schoenbrun on American melancholy and We’re All Going To The World’s Fair
Childhood revisited
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Diễm Hà Lệ on connecting with Hmong culture and making Children Of The Mist
Vintage filmmaking
by Jennie Kermode
Eve Symington on the dark side of wine country, crafting film noir, and Brut Force
Absolutely imperfect
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Arnaud Desplechin on Denis Podalydès and Emmanuelle Devos in Deception
Stay-at-Home Seven: April 18 to 24
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
Streaming Spotlight – censored!
by Jennie Kermode
Seven films banned for bizarre reasons, currently streaming in the UK
Life? Or Theater?
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Julia Rosenberg on the creation of Charlotte and the artist Charlotte Salomon
Through the screen
by Jennie Kermode
Jane Schoenbrun on intentional ambiguities and We’re All Going To The World’s Fair
Descent into darkness
by Jennie Kermode
Brendan Muldowney on revitalising classic horror tropes in The Cellar
Acting monument takes final bow
by Richard Mowe
Michel Bouquet’s career embraced Mitterrand and Renoir
Dream diaries
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Abel Ferrara on fear tales, huskies, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe’s family in Siberia
Stay-at-Home Seven: April 11 to 17
by Amber Wilkinson
Our weekly round-up of films to catch on TV and streaming services
Streaming Spotlight – who was that masked man?
by Jennie Kermode
From secret identities to mystery and mayhem, a look at masks in the movies
Boundary crossing
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alison Kuhn on The Case You and Fluffy Tales
Background to a tragedy
by Paul Risker
Justin Kurzel on exploring real events in Nitram
A family story
by Jennie Kermode
Iliana Sosa on telling her grandfather's story in What We Leave Behind
Paths of coincidence
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Éric Baudelaire on A Flower In The Mouth and When There Is No More Music To Write, And Other Roman Stories
A slippery subject
by Jennie Kermode
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic on shooting underwater and looking through a teenager's eyes in Murina
Stay-at-Home Seven: April 4 to 10
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream and catch on telly this week
Reflections on courage
by Amber Wilkinson
Mirror director Siddhant Sarin on his acid attack survivors documentary
A timeless question
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Matthias Luthardt on adapting DH Lawrence’s The Fox, Pingpong and Autumn 1929 - Shadows Above Babylon
The darkness before the dawn
by Jennie Kermode
Jennifer Reeder on directing round corners and screen-based storytelling in Night’s End
A postcard from Vilnius
by Amber Wilkinson
Some of the highlights from this year's film festival
Inspired by reality
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Phedon Papamichael on Levan Koguashvili, Alexander Payne, Aaron Sorkin, Shane Valentino and more
The agony and the ecstasy
by Jennie Kermode
Leigh Brooks on Life Of Agony and documentary The Sound Of Scars
Stay-at-Home Seven: March 28 to April 3
by Amber Wilkinson
TV and streaming highlights for the week ahead
Short cuts to success
by Andrew Robertson
All the inside details from the Glasgow Short Film Festival awards ceremony
Bringing Dune to life
by Jennie Kermode
Donald Mowat on the make-up that has earned him an Oscar nomination
Short and sweet
by Andrew Robertson
Inside the Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022
Vilnius stands with Ukraine
by Amber Wilkinson
Festival hosts day of fundraising screenings ahead of this year's edition
A good team
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Arnaud Desplechin on Grégoire Hetzel, Yorick Le Saux, Deception, Marion Cotillard and Frère Et Sœur
A modern love story
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Eva Husson and Odessa Young on Mothering Sunday
Stay-At-Home Seven: March 21 to 27
by Amber Wilkinson
TV picks for the week ahead
The man of the possibles
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Mathieu Amalric on John Zorn, Robert Musil, Thomas Bernhard, Jerry Lewis and Nanni Moretti
Streaming Spotlight: Time for sleep?
by Amber Wilkinson
This week we're catching some shut-eye at the movies
Baptism of fire with Audiard
by Richard Mowe
Paris, 13th District star Lucie Zhang on intimacy, acting techniques and Cannes high heels
Fighting back for families
by Jennie Kermode
Maria Grasso and Julie Collazo discuss immigrant justice and Split At The Root
Meeting at eye level
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sarah Noa Bozenhardt on Among Us Women and finding universal connections
When they dance
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Nadav Lapid on Ahed’s Knee and his role in Antoine Barraud’s Madeleine Collins
Stay-At-Home Seven: March 14 to 20
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly for the week ahead
Extreme filmmaking
by Jennie Kermode
Howard J Ford on a near death experience, shooting at height and The Ledge
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