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Playground politics
by Amber Wilkinson
Laura Wandel on bullying and working with children on her first feature
A treasure trove
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Thom Powers on the DOC NYC Special Event and Closing Night selections and more
Stay-At-Home Seven: November 15 to 21
by Amber Wilkinson
TV and streaming picks for the week ahead
Keeping it real
by Jennie Kermode
Richard Miller and Grant Archer on crafting a science fiction story and Repeat
Savouring good food
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Julie Cohen on Julia Child, food preparation and documentary Julia
Anticipatory nostalgia
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Vincent Liota on Rick Rawlins, Heidi Julavits, Robert Krulwich and Objects
A fractured family
by Jennie Kermode
Ben Charles Edwards on going back to basic fears with Father Of Flies
Elements of cool
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Tom Donahue on Dean Martin: King Of Cool
A family constellation
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alessandro Rossellini on The Rossellinis and his grandfather Roberto Rossellini
A greater exposure
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Thom Powers on DOC NYC U, Go Through The Dark, Mr. Bachmann And His Class, and The Energy War
Stay-At-Home Seven: November 8 to14
by Amber Wilkinson
TV and streaming picks for the coming week
Updating the conspiracy thriller
by Paul Risker
Jacob Gentry on the creative process and Broadcast Signal Intrusion
French Film Festival UK highlights
by Amber Wilkinson, Anne-Katrin Titze
Titles to catch at the Francophile festival as it tours the UK
Streaming Spotlight - plane talking
by Amber Wilkinson
Fasten your seatbelts and settle in for flights of imagination
Visited by the story
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Claire Simon on the I Want to Talk About Duras stars, Yann Andréa, and Marguerite Duras
Non-stop action
by Jennie Kermode
Scott Adkins on shooting stunts, One Shot and John Wick: Chapter 4
The presence of absence
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Blerta Basholli and Yllka Gashi on Kosovo Oscar submission Hive
Stay-At-Home Seven: November 1 to 7
by Amber Wilkinson
Our pick of TV and streaming films for the week ahead
DOC NYC early bird highlights
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Becoming Cousteau, The Velvet Underground, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain and Shoot From The Heart
No escape
by Jennie Kermode
Victoria Wharfe McIntyre on Australia's history of violence and The Flood
Streaming Spotlight: cinematic spectres
by Jennie Kermode
Seven great ghost-themed films for you to enjoy this Halloween
Reaching out
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Thom Powers on the Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, new juried sections and Q&As at DOC NYC
The background story
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Vanessa Lapa on tapes, Andrew Birkin and Speer Goes To Hollywood
Raising their voices
by Jennie Kermode
TJ Parsell on Nashville, misogyny and Invisible: Gay Women In Southern Music
Stay-at-Home Seven - October 25 to 31
by Jennie Kermode
Films to catch on TV and streaming services this week
A way out
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Amalia Ulman on El Planeta, The Taste of Tea, Amadeus, The Nutcracker and Ernst Lubitsch
In the picture
by Jennie Kermode
Brian Vincent on the art of Edward Brezinski and Make Me Famous
The Flaneur
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Dominik Graf on Erich Kästner and Fabian: Going To The Dogs
What's on: our guide to Halloween 2021
by Jennie Kermode
All the scary films you can eat, whether you're staying in or going out
Survival instinct
by Jennie Kermode
Marianne Farley on abortion rights, the Oscars and Frimas
Depth and levels
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Levan Koguashvili on cinematic elements and Georgia’s Oscar submission Brighton 4th
Stay-at-Home Seven - October 18 to 25
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on TV and streaming services this week
Walking the line
by Paul Risker
James Ashcroft on character ambiguities and Coming Home In The Dark
Bowled over
by Jennie Kermode
Lyle Kash on creating new narratives and making Death And Bowling
A short dive into Ca' Foscari's competition
by Andrew Robertson
We look at the short film festival's winners and some of our favourites
'We Lived with Volteo for five years'
by Nikola Jovic, Maria Tokmasheva
Monika Kotecka and Karolina Poryzała on their girl power documentary feature The Herd
A Lebanese story
by Jennie Kermode
Eliane Raheb on showing the filmmaking process and making Miguel’s War
From saving goals to shooting film
by Amber Wilkinson
Icelandic goalie Hannes Þór Halldórsson on his movie debut Cop Secret
Ideas create the aesthetic
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Ed Lachman on Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, and shooting interviews for The Velvet Underground
Secret plan
by Amber Wilkinson
Cop Secret writers and stars on how a comedy trailer turned into an action movie
The notion of community
by Anne-Katrin Titze
James Crump on Marcel Breuer and Breuer’s Bohemia
Stay-At-Home Seven: October 11 to 17
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch at home and on streaming services this week
The past into the future
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alexandre Koberidze on the score, storyboards and the framing in What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?
An inner cinematic landscape
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stina Gardell on Stig Björkman and Movie Man
Making some Noise
by Amber Wilkinson
Philippe Gregoire on taking risks with his debut film
Streaming Spotlight: London Film Festival highlights
by Amber Wilkinson
Five films to catch on the BFI Player
Making space for magic
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alexandre Koberidze on folktales and What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?
Stay-At-Home Seven: October 4 to 10
by Amber Wilkinson
TV and streaming picks for the week ahead
Orchestrated chaos
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Silvan Zürcher and Ramon Zürcher on fairy tales and The Girl And The Spider
Streaming Spotlight - Quick on the draw
by Jennie Kermode
We look at the wonders of hand-drawn animation
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