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A film of two halves
by Jennie Kermode
Alan Scott Neal and Taylor Sardoni on writing and shooting Last Straw
In tune with the passage of time
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Mark Bridges on the costumes for Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
Balancing the philosophical and the physical
by Amber Wilkinson
María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat on combining scripted humour with silent comedy in Puan
Elephants never forget
by Jennie Kermode
Mikey Murray on delving into the secrets of one couple's relationship in Mind-Set
London Film Festival highlights
by Amber Wilkinson
Six of the best at this year's fest
The diner at the end of time
by Jennie Kermode
Francis Galluppi talks about making The Last Stop In Yuma County
A series of tonal decisions
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Todd Haynes on May December
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 2 to 8
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
Reclaiming roots
by Jennie Kermode
Katja Gauriloff on making the first ever film in Skolt Sámi, Je’vida
Playing with a playwright
by Amber Wilkinson
Gabriel Byrne, James Marsh, Neil Forsyth and Fion O'Shea on bringing Beckett to the screen in Dance First
Catherine Frot - under the spell of Loach, Leigh and Frears
by Richard Mowe
French actress declares her love and admiration for British Cinema
Unspoken truths
by Amber Wilkinson
Emmanuelle Devos on denial and gesture in A Silence
NYFF early bird highlights
by Anne-Katrin Titze
The Zone Of Interest, The Boy And The Heron, The Beast and Fallen Leaves
Connecting with what you see
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Claire Pijman on Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier, Jim Jarmusch, Flip Scipio and Robby Müller: Living The Light
Sailing the high seas
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeremy Thomas on The Dreamers, Susan Minot and filming Only Lovers Left Alive
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 25 to October 1
by Jennie Kermode
Films to catch on telly this week
Truth and nail
by Amber Wilkinson
Christos Nikou on technology, love and Eighties synthpop in Fingernails
The next mission
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeremy Thomas on Nicolas Roeg, Wim Wenders, Billy Wilder, Matteo Garrone and fairy tales
Back to the Bo-Kaap
by Jennie Kermode
More from John Barker, Bronté Snell and Shamilla Miller on The Umbrella Men: Escape From Robben Island
A taste of honey
by Jennie Kermode
Nicholas Tomnay on the corporate nightmare in What You Wish For
When Hollywood met Manchester
by Jennie Kermode
Jake West on the story behind Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow
Bringing the stories home
by Jennie Kermode
Suvi West and Anssi Kömi on the repatriation of artefacts from museums and making Homecoming
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 18 to 24
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on telly this week
'Life in general is a matter of freedom'
by Amber Wilkinson
Tommaso Santambrogio tells us about his debut Oceans Are The Real Continents
Charting the way forwards
by Jennie Kermode
Lucy Tulugarjuk on life as an Inuit woman and Tautuktavuk
On the same wavelength
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Lucy Sante on Ed Bahlman, Andrew Rossi’s Andy Warhol series, and Sara Driver’s Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary
Why didn't we know her?
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Nailah Jefferson on Beverly Johnson, Richard Avedon and Donyale Luna: Supermodel
Seeking fortunes
by Amber Wilkinson
Babak Jalali on cookie messages and casting challenges in Fremont
Place in time
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Yui Kiyohara on Yukiko Iioka, Tadashi Okuno, Like Someone In Love and Remembering Every Night
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 11 to 17
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
The women who get things done
by Jennie Kermode
John Barker, Bronté Snell and Shamilla Miller on stunts, sharks and The Umbrella Men: Escape From Robben Island
An act of observance
by Jennie Kermode
Atom Egoyan on interpreting Salome and making Seven Veils
Memory and history closely bound
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Olivier Dahan on Simone: Woman Of The Century, Elsa Zylberstein, Rebecca Marder and Simone Veil
Reckoning with the past
by Jennie Kermode
Ian Gabriel, Noxolo Dlamini, Anthony Oseyemi, Irshaad Ally, S’Thandiwe Kgoroge and Inez Robertson on Death Of A Whistleblower
Winds of change
by Amber Wilkinson
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir on depicting modern Mongolia and Shamanism onscreen in City Of Wind
'It looks much more eventful from the outside than it feels to me'
by Amber Wilkinson
The Trainspotting author and Ian Jefferies on making documentary Choose Irvine Welsh
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 4 to 10
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on TV or stream this week
Searching for the supernatural
by Jennie Kermode
Tony Reames and Vanessa Ionta Wright discuss Spookt
Restoring history
by Amber Wilkinson
God Is A Woman director Andres Peyrot on bringing a film back to a community and engaging in dialogue about it
Violence as narrative
by Paul Risker
Xavier Gens on balancing action and emotion in Farang
Off the rails
by Paul Risker
Jeong Yong-ki on divergent horror traditions and The Ghost Station
Girl reimagined
by Jennie Kermode
Jennifer Reeder on the power of femininity and the agency of blood in Perpetrator
Eye For Books
by Andrew Robertson
The Frightfest Guide To Mad Doctor Movies and They Live (Deep Focus): A Novel Approach To Cinema
A strange feeling
by Jennie Kermode
George Baron on David Lynch, Ray Wise, Olivia Scott Welch and The Blue Rose
Stay-At-Home Seven - August 28 to September 3
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on TV or stream this week
Unlikely heroes
by Jennie Kermode
Konstantinos Koutsoliotas and Elizabeth E Schuch on Greek culture, monsters and the making of Minore
Sharing the terror
by Jennie Kermode
Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp discuss Japanese cinema and The J-Horror Virus
A smouldering story
by Amber Wilkinson
Thomas Schubert on imposter syndrome and tonal ambiguity in Afire
Off the map
by Jennie Kermode
Barnaby Clay on capturing intensity and eternity in The Seeding
Beyond the dark planet
by Jennie Kermode
Doug Bradley and Douglas Schulze on special effects, villains and Thorns
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