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Stay-at-Home Seven: January 8 to 14
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
Warwick Thornton's practical magic
by Amber Wilkinson
The New Boy director on working with children, animals and just one camera
Streaming Spotlight: Palm Springs critical winners
by Amber Wilkinson
As this year's festival begins, we select past critics' winners you can watch at home
Stay-At-Home Seven - January 2 to 7
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on telly this week
Evolution of The New Boy
by Amber Wilkinson
Warwick Thornton on gender flipping his film, religion and spirituality and the slippery significance of snakes
Stay-at-Home Seven: Bumper festive special
by Amber Wilkinson
A double dose of films to catch on telly for the next eight days
'A lot of the filming was very cathartic for me'
by Amber Wilkinson
Tom Stuart on Good Boy, 'a love letter' to his mum
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 18 to 25
by Amber Wilkinson
A bumper festive selection of films to catch on TV or stream
Animated activism
by Amber Wilkinson
Ryan Westra and Vishavjit Singh on the making of and motivation behind American Sikh
Command performance
by Amber Wilkinson
Naqqash Khalid on modern masculinity, blank slates and 'anti-acting' in his debut In Camera
Stay-at-Home Seven - December 11 to 17
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on telly this week
Enjoy the trip
by Amber Wilkinson
Uri Marantz on making King Khat.. and why it's not a documentary
Space and time
by Amber Wilkinson
Stefanie Kolk on her approach to the grieving process in Melk
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 4 to 10
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 27 to December 3
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
Speaking out
by Amber Wilkinson
Joachim Lafosse on power and shame in A Silence
Taxi through time
by Amber Wilkinson
Christian Carion on taking viewers on a journey across Paris and into a woman's past in Driving Madeleine
A gran plan
by Amber Wilkinson
Karl R Hearne on The G's inspiration, those who target the old and the portrayal of female sexuality as a radical act
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 20 to 26
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
Personal politics
by Amber Wilkinson
Romas Zabarauskas on political debate and identity in The Writer
Circus attraction
by Amber Wilkinson
Gust Van den Berghe on world creation and comedy with weight in The Magnet Man
Putting The G in Vengeance
by Amber Wilkinson
Dale Dickey on her role as a gran bent on revenge and the resolution of the actors' strike
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 13 to 19
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on telly this week
A postcard from Thessaloniki Film Festival
by Amber Wilkinson
Strong performances to the fore as Greek showcase ends 64th edition
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 6 to 12
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on TV this week
Comedic bite
by Amber Wilkinson
Ariane Louis-Seize on injecting Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person with humour
Stay-At-Home Seven - October 30 to November 6
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch at home this week
Looking differently at a monster
by Amber Wilkinson
Hope Dickson Leach on her fresh take on Jekyll and Hyde
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 23 to 29
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on telly this week
A sporting chance
by Amber Wilkinson
Julia Fuhr Mann on exploring athletic bias and looking beyond the binary in Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning
Pain and playfulness
by Amber Wilkinson
Isabella Eklöf on directorial choices and remote shooting and adapting Kalak
Mixing fact and fiction
by Amber Wilkinson
Henry Bernadet on working with his cast to develop teen ensemble drama Gamma Rays
Stay-At-Home Seven - October 16 to 22
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
Stay-At-Home Seven - October 9 to 15
by Amber Wilkinson
Our weekly round-up of films to watch on TV or stream
Balancing the philosophical and the physical
by Amber Wilkinson
María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat on combining scripted humour with silent comedy in Puan
London Film Festival highlights
by Amber Wilkinson
Six of the best at this year's fest
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 2 to 8
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
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
Unspoken truths
by Amber Wilkinson
Emmanuelle Devos on denial and gesture in A Silence
Truth and nail
by Amber Wilkinson
Christos Nikou on technology, love and Eighties synthpop in Fingernails
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
Seeking fortunes
by Amber Wilkinson
Babak Jalali on cookie messages and casting challenges in Fremont
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 11 to 17
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
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
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
Stay-At-Home Seven - August 28 to September 3
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on TV or stream this week
A smouldering story
by Amber Wilkinson
Thomas Schubert on imposter syndrome and tonal ambiguity in Afire
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