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Sundance Diary: Day Six
by Amber Wilkinson and Tony Sullivan
Grace, World's Greatest Dad, plus the BMI Snowball and Armando Iannucci.
Sundance Diary: Day Five
by Amber Wilkinson
Sin Nombre, The Winning Season, The Informers, Bronson, Earth Days and The End Of The Line.
On to the Oscars 2009
by Scott Macdonald
Nominations announced!
All go at the GFF
by Jennie Kermode
The 5th Glasgow Film Festival line-up is announced.
Sundance Diary: Day Four
by Amber Wilkinson and Tony Sullivan
Don't Let Me Drown, In The Loop, Crude, plus Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey
Sundance Diary: Day Three
by Amber Wilkinson and Tony Sullivan
Cold Souls, When You're Strange, Victoria Day and 500 Days Of Summer
The Wrestler: Press Conference
by Amber Wilkinson
What Aronofsky, Rourke and Tomei said about the film in New York.
Sundance Diary: Day Two
by Amber Wilkinson and Tony Sullivan
Lulu And Jimi, William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe, The Clone Returns Home. Plus Herzog vs. The Hoff.
Sundance Diary: Opening night... the sequel
by Tony Sullivan
The other half of the Sundance tag team on Madsden-phobia and Mary And Max.
Sundance Diary: Opening night and day one
by Amber Wilkinson
Mary and Max best opener in years, Brit sci-fi Moon, Iran doc The Glass House and Lee Daniels' Push.
Six and Out
by Jennie Kermode
We say goodbye to Patrick McGoohan.
Write on at Sundance
by Amber Wilkinson
Sundance "lab" history and we talk to UK filmmaker Sally El Hosaini about taking the My Brother The Devil script to Utah.
Favourite places: Roxy Bar and Screen
by Emma Slawinski
Part two in a series about cinemas around the UK.
Todd Farmer talks My Bloody Valentine 3D
by Darren Amner
The screenwriter discusses what looks set to be one of 2009's scariest films.
Fond farewells
by Jennie Kermode
At the close of the year, we look back at those who have passed away.
Substitute Santas
by Jennie Kermode
When the big guy is busy, somebody has to step in to keep Christmas on track.
Out at the movies
by Jennie Kermode
Steven Paul Davies talks about his new book on the history of gay cinema.
Creating a mouse's tale
by Amber Wilkinson
Tale Of Despereaux modelling supervisor Ben Lambert talks exclusively to us about the making of the film.
Dangerous Romance
by Jennie Kermode
We ask expert Dr Bjarne Holmes if romantic films could be bad for your love life.
Films to see in 2009
by Darren Amner
The future of film is looking bright
Danger: Disability
by Jennie Kermode
Justin Edgar, director of Special People, speaks out about the real controversy behind the headlines.
Encounters Film Festival Diary: Episode Three
by Daniel Hooper
Animation, mini masterpieces and the award winners.
Encounters Film Festival: Episode Two
by Daniel Hooper
Our diarist gets a lesson in fundraising and checks out the latest from the Digital Generation and takes a filmmaker's journey.
Encounters Film Festival: Episode One
by Daniel Hooper
Our diarist checks out the Cartoon d'Or, a Russian showcase and the Best of British.
Seeing Things Differently
by Jennie Kermode
The controversy over Blindness and what it tells us about blind people and the film industry.
Boll's Sabotage
by Andrew Robertson
In part two of our exclusive interview, the director talks about his upcoming projects.
Uwe Boll goes Postal
by Andrew Robertson
The controversial director talks about his return to comedy and the absurdity of war in the first part of our exclusive interview.
Eric Bergkraut on Letter To Anna
by Val Kermode
The Swiss director talks about his daring documentary.
Naomi Wolf on The End Of America
by Val Kermode
The acclaimed author of The Beauty Myth discusses her new book and the documentary based on it.
Back from the dead
by Anton Bitel
After a lacklustre horror showing at festivals in the first half of 2008, the FrightFest all-nighter proves there's life in the corpses yet.
The beauty of Maleficent
by Amber Wilkinson
We talk to Disney animator Burny Mattinson about the creation of the classic villain in Sleeping Beauty.
London Film Festival: Episode Two
by Paul Griffiths
Film is all about a point of view...
All fired up
by Amber Wilkinson
Director Sharon Maguire on the impact of terrorism in the modern world - envisioned in her latest film Incendiary.
London Film Festival: Episode One
by Darren Amner
Soaking up the best of British.
Into Africa
by Amber Wilkinson
AiM Festival showcases more than 40 films from across the continent.
Ten of the best
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to look out for at London Film Festival
Revolutionary life
by Amber Wilkinson
Director Steven Soderbergh on making his two-part epic about Che Guevara.
A Flick of independence
by Paul Griffiths
David Howard and Faye Dunaway talk about making British horror on a shoestring budget.
City of memories
by Amber Wilkinson
Director Jia Zhang-Ke talks about the inspiration behind his fact meets fiction look at the lives of factory workers.
Master Carpenter
by Tony Sullivan
As a new box set of John Carpenter's work is released on DVD, we take a midnight stroll through his back catalogue.
Good Dick
by Chris, and Amber Wilkinson
Marianna Palka and Jason Ritter talk about the inspiration for their film.
Brideshead Revisited
by Anton Bitel
The cast of Julian Jarrold's new film talk about their roles.
Cambridge Film Festival Diary
by Adam Micklethwaite
The Black Balloon triumphs!
In Search of a Cinematic Experience
by Darren Amner
Our Cambridge newbies deliver their verdicts!
Appetites of Hunger
by Amber Wilkinson
Director Steve McQueen talks about what drove him to make his Camera d'Or winning film about Bobby Sands' hunger strike.
Paul Newman R.I.P.
by Jennie Kermode
The Oscar-winning actor dies aged 83.
A bootlegger speaks
by Jennie Kermode
Tom Wilton on the creation of the Bootleg Film Festival.
Joanna Hogg talks Unrelated
by Amber Wilkinson
The accomplished director discusses her feature film debut.
Favourite places: Sheffield Showroom
by Val Kermode
The first in a series about favourite cinemas around the UK
Free and independent
by Amber Wilkinson
Bootleg Film Festival shows indie films for nothing - we find out what its all about.
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