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Exploring an inner life
by Jennie Kermode
Ric Burns on capturing empathy and courage in Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Tonie Marshall: France’s female warrior
by Richard Mowe
Director who took on sexism in Woman Up! dies at 68
Tales from the crematorium
by Jennie Kermode
Ryan Spindell on Clancy Brown, Caitlin Custer and The Mortuary Collection
A shared vision
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Benh Zeitlin on developing relationships and a shared vision with Eliza Zeitlin for Wendy
Encounter with a towering genius
by Richard Mowe
Memories of an interview with Max von Sydow
In strange days
by Jennie Kermode
GFF Diary days 11&12: Rose Glass, Joe Begos, Caitlin Moran and Eighties disco action
You are here
by Jennie Kermode
GFF Diary days 9&10: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, Marjane Satrapi, Flavio Alves and Frightfest
The future is now
by Jennie Kermode
GFF Diary days 7&8: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Greg Schroeder, Baljit Sangra and the Surprise Movie
Never say die
by Jennie Kermode
Ryan Spindell on anthology films and the willpower it took to make The Mortuary Collection
Escape into life
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alla Kovgan on Derrick Tseng, Robert Swinston, Jennifer Goggans, and filming in Germany for Cunningham
Zinging in the rain
by Jennie Kermode
GFF Diary days 5&6: Mika Kaurismäki, Juan Diego Escobar Alzate and the Margaret Tait Award
Beauty and darkness
by Jennie Kermode
Juan Diego Escobar Alzate on God, nature, the power of belief and Luz: The Flower Of Evil
Dream logic
by Anne-Katrin Titze
New York Rendez-Vous films Who You Think I Am, Spellbound, On A Magical Night and Deerskin
The secret ingredient
by Jennie Kermode
GFF Diary days 3&4: Chiara Malta, Francis Annan, Simon Pegg and ladies who laugh
The insiders
by Jennie Kermode
Francis Annan on Escape from Pretoria and working with Daniel Radcliffe
Blast off!
by Jennie Kermode
GFF Diary days 1&2: Alice Winocour, Imoge Poots, George MacKay and an emotional ride
Engaged with nature
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Benh Zeitlin on nature, casting, a donkey tale and the wild mothers in Wendy
Wake up call for dreamer Noémie
by Richard Mowe
Awards attention hots up for Portrait actress on fire
New York Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Early Bird highlights
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Joan Of Arc, Alice And The Mayor, Proxima and An Easy Girl
Another layer
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles on Udo Kier, Alli Willow and Bacurau
Avoiding imagery
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne on Young Ahmed
An inconvenient woman
by Jennie Kermode
Tanya Wexler on Buffaloed and a heroine who doesn't apologise
The fashion historian
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Mark Bozek on The Times Of Bill Cunningham
Huppert on a perpetual erotic charge
by Richard Mowe
Ira Sachs on working with France’s ultimate diva
Binoche out of her comfort zone
by Richard Mowe
Director Safy Nebbou on delivering the gift of a role
Remembering the names
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Robert Lantos on The Song Of Names and filming at Treblinka
On her marks as France’s Madame Cinéma
by Richard Mowe
Unifrance’s new recruit on targeting younger audiences and taking risks
The mystery of souls
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Arnaud Desplechin on Emmanuel Lévinas, Oh Mercy! (Roubaix, Une Lumière) and Angels In America
The real thing
by Jennie Kermode
Sasha Lane on mental illness, action scenes, choosing roles and Daniel Isn't Real
Just reality
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Arnaud Desplechin on reality, childhood, filming animals for Oh Mercy! and Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man
On the bumpy road to bromance
by Richard Mowe
From Sundance short to prize-winning feature
Down to earth with Alice Winocour
by Richard Mowe
French director to attend Glasgow Film Festival gala opening
Sundance 2020 preview
by Amber Wilkinson
Films we're looking out for in the coming days
On the crest of a new wave
by Richard Mowe
French director Jean-Paul Civeyrac looks back to the future
Big adventure
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Ann Roth and Carlo Poggioli on camels, the desert, The English Patient and The New Pope
Tied together by the moon
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Marco Bellocchio on the soundtrack, locations, nature and the moons in The Traitor
Precise construction
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Bertrand Bonello on Jacques Tourneur, George Romero and Zombi Child
Exploring human complexity
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kôji Fukada on A Girl Missing, Alfred Hitchcock’s colour palette and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker
Ambiguity of the time
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Federico Veiroj on The Moneychanger and Alain Delon in Monsieur Klein
Visual fantasy
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Carlo Poggioli on The Last Planet, The New Pope and the impact of Federico Fellini
A heightened state
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles on Mad Max, Blade Runner and the politics of water in Bacurau
Dressing the decades
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Ann Roth on Irene Sharaff, Brigadoon, MGM, Walter Plunkett, Patricia Highsmith and The Talented Mr Ripley
Sweeping you into the film
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Howard Shore on François Girard, Judith Clurman, and recording the score for The Song Of Names
Out of a fairy tale
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alice Rohrwacher on Italo Calvino, Astrid Lindgren, folktale magic and Happy As Lazzaro
Energy and the soul
by Anne-Katrin Titze
François Girard on the energy of actors and Howard Shore’s score for The Song Of Names
'We can talk about anything, there are no taboos'
by Amber Wilkinson
Isaac director Jurgis Matulevicius on the challenges and politics of his debut film
Composing for history
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Composer Howard Shore on The Song Of Names, The Aviator and A Dangerous Method
The key to the film
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Ginevra Elkann on Alba Rohrwacher, costumes and boiled eggs in Magari (If Only)
Other dimensions
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener in conversation on the choreography of Merce Cunningham
Stormy life and career of a New Wave icon
by Richard Mowe
Anna Karina dies in Paris at 79
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