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Star attractions
by Jennie Kermode
GFF Diary days 3&4: Alan Rickman, ballroom dancing, power suits and pussycats.
A city of cinema
by Jennie Kermode
GFF diary days 1&2: exhibitions, Monsters, art, Cliff Curtis and British Sea Power.
Cartoon capers on the Riviera
by Richard Mowe
Xavier Picard talks about the global cult of the Moomins.
Girl power hits the streets of Paris
by Richard Mowe
Céline Sciamma on sex, desire and friendship.
Keeping score
by Amber Wilkinson
Composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans talk about their work on films including Enemy, Nasty Baby, The Wolfpack and Last Days In The Desert.
Grey areas
by Jane Fae
Power, romance and Fifty Shades Of Grey.
An Alabama Night in New York
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Taking in Selma with Gay Talese and Culpepper Clark.
Shaun The Sheep bar by baa
by Amber Wilkinson
Composer Ilan Eshkeri talks about scoring Aardman Animations' latest.
We need a bigger shark
by Jennie Kermode
Marc Fehse on trash cinema, zombies, Nazis and making Sky Sharks.
Memories of Alice, part 2
by Anne-Katrin Titze
More from Wash Westmoreland, reflecting on Alzheimer's disease and Still Alice.
A heavenly role
by Amber Wilkinson
Ewan McGregor and Rodrigo García on Last Days In The Desert.
Memories of Alice, part 1
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Wash Westmoreland on working with Julianne Moore on Still Alice.
Nick Nolte on his Walk In The Woods
by Amber Wilkinson
Star talks about stunts and nature after his film's Sundance premiere.
Romain discovers his inner femme
by Richard Mowe
Interview with Roman Duris about François Ozon’s The New Girlfriend.
Black Sea, red carpet
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Highlights of the New York première with Charles Steel, Jude Law, Kevin Macdonald and Dennis Kelly.
Drawing breath
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Tomi Ungerer on his new exhibition, Charlie Hebdo, the Brothers Grimm and Far Out Isn't Far Enough.
After the accident
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sara Colangelo, Anne Carey and Summer Shelton on Little Accidents.
One step beyond
by Jennie Kermode
Gillian MacGregor on the challenges of shooting Beyond.
Francesco Rosi – a maestro at the cutting edge
by Richard Mowe
Recalling the life of the Italian director, who has died at 92
Coming soon
by Jennie Kermode, Amber Wilkinson, Anne-Katrin Titze, Andrew Robertson
Our pick of the best independent films coming up in 2015.
Gold fever
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Julius Avery gives us an inside view of Son Of A Gun.
Undistributed gems
by Amber Wilkinson, Anton Bitel, Rebecca Naughten, Michael Pattison, Andrew Robertson
The Eye For Film team pick some of their favourite films from the the festival circuit that have yet to find a UK distributor.
Changing reality, part 2
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Atom Egoyan on Remember, Die Walküre and the real life stories behind The Captive.
A dance of death, part 2
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Paolo Virzì on Human Capital, Italian culture and this year's Oscar submissions.
Changing reality, part 1
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Atom Egoyan on The Captive, fairy tales and the desolation of Niagara.
Inside Big Eyes
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Tim Burton, Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski open up.
A dance of death, part 1
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Paolo Virzì is in New York as Human Capital becomes Italy's Oscar hope.
Carry on censor
by Jane Fae
Who decides what is too shocking for us to see?
Picturing Vivian Maier
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Charlie Siskel and John Maloof at the Vivian Maier: In Her Own Hands exhibition.
Awakenings, part 2
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet on recent favourites and their next project.
Setting the stage, part 2
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Gracie Otto reveals more about working with Michael White on The Last Impresario.
Awakenings, part 1
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet discuss The Sleepwalker.
Picturing Poland
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Pawel Pawlikowski on Ida.
Saving Virunga
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Orlando von Einsiedel on his new documentary, the plight of mountain gorillas and the danger faced by those helping them.
Memory, identity and love
by Anne-Katrin Titze
James Keach, Kim Campbell and Ashley Campbell on Alzheimer's disease and documentary Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me.
Setting the stage, part 1
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Gracie Otto on Michael White and The Last Impresario.
Sharing Secrets
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Amy Berg and the people behind An Open Secret talk to Thom Powers.
Front line filmmaking
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman in conversation with Barbara Kopple on E-Team.
Basil Tsiokos on DOC NYC, part 2
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Themes and perspectives.
Basil Tsiokos on DOC NYC, part 1
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Making the selection.
The best of DOC NYC 2014
by Anne-Katrin Titze
We look ahead at The Last Impresario, The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness, Citizenfour and An Open Secret.
The mysterious Monsieur Jacques
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jean-Yves Ollivier on the secret negotiations for ending Apartheid documented in Plot For Peace.
At home with Himmler
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Vanessa Lapa and Felix Breisach on The Decent One.
On the ball
by Jennie Kermode
Rhys Chapman discusses Wonderkid and tackling homophobia in football.
Luis Moreno Ocampo on pursuing justice
by Anne-Katrin Titze
First Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court talks about Watchers Of The Sky
Kent Jones honours Misty Upham
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Co-screenwriter of Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian shares his memories.
Arnaud Desplechin remembers Misty Upham
by Anne-Katrin Titze
A tribute to the actress he directed in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian.
Diplomatic talk, part 2
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Volker Schlöndorff reveals more about Diplomacy and the history behind it.
Two's company
by Amber Wilkinson
Paul Eenhoorn and Earl Lynn Nelson talk about bonding and battling the elements for road trip comedy Land Ho!
The Alessandro Nivola files
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Ethan Hawke joins the A Most Violent Year star to talk Robert Redford, The Elephant Man and awards.
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