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Pedro Almodóvar to receive Chaplin Award
Film at Lincoln Center praises The Room Next Door - 07 Oct 2024
by Anne-Katrin Titze
September Says takes top prize in Dinard
First film by Ariane Labed woos the jury at France’s celebration of British and Irish film - 06 Oct 2024
by Richard Mowe
Michel Blanc - a journey from cult comedy to drama
French cinema mourns a 'star' who was modest to a fault - 04 Oct 2024
by Richard Mowe
Why Irish eyes are smiling in Dinard
Festival gives pride of place to the Emerald Isle in change of emphasis - 04 Oct 2024
by Richard Mowe
Kris Kristofferson dies at 88
Tributes to: 'a peacenik, a revolutionary, an actor, a superstar, a sex symbol, and a family man' - 30 Sep 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Serra takes Golden Shell in San Sebastian
Spanish director's bullfighting doc wins top prize - 29 Sep 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Maggie Smith dies
Star of stage and screen was 89 - 27 Sep 2024
by Jennie Kermode
Pedro Almodóvar receives Donostia Award
Director honoured in San Sebastian 44 years after first appearance - 27 Sep 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Blanchett receives lifetime Donostia
Emotional acceptance speech after Clooney sends cheeky message from Italy - 22 Sep 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Bardem dedicates lifetime achievement award to wife Cruz
Penelope's tears as husband takes Donosita in San Sebastian - 21 Sep 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
In The Summers shines at Deauville
Top prize for debut feature at 50th edition - 15 Sep 2024
by Richard Mowe
James Earl Jones dies at 93
Tributes to trailblazer who gave voice to Darth Vader - 10 Sep 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Almodóvar wins Golden Lion
Top prize in Venice goes to The Room Next Door - 08 Sep 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Douglas returns to his 'special place'
Hollywood veteran honoured at Deauville’s 50th anniversary celebration - 07 Sep 2024
by Richard Mowe
We Live In Time to close San Sebastian
Pugh and Garfield star in Crowley's latest - 02 Sep 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Remembering Tachella, devoted disciple of The Seventh Art
Oscar-nominated veteran filmmaker of Cousin, Cousine fame dies at 98 - 31 Aug 2024
by Richard Mowe
David Byrne designs 62nd NYFF poster
Iconic image captures the cinema experience - 29 Aug 2024
by Anne-Katrin Titze
LFF to screen restored Sherlock Holmes silents
Trio of films to be accompanied by Royal Academy of Music ensemble - 28 Aug 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Dahomey to open Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
San Sebastian announces 23 free-ranging competition titles - 27 Aug 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Poor Things to receive FIPRESCI Grand Prix
Yorgos Lanthimos to receive prize at San Sebastian Film Festival - 26 Aug 2024
by Amber Wilkinson

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by Amber Wilkinson
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 7 to 13
Films to watch on telly or stream this week
by Amber Wilkinson
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by Jennie Kermode
Making a splash
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by Jennie Kermode
In the beginning
Kelsey Taylor and Adam Lee on shame, Red Riding Hood and To Kill A Wolf
by Paul Risker
Family feud
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by Jennie Kermode
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by Paul Risker
'Our life is defined by work. I think it's consuming us'
Laura Carreira on the gig economy and loneliness in her Silver Shell-winner On Falling
by Amber Wilkinson
'It was basically like walking a tightrope'
Peter Murimi and Daphne Matziaraki on striking a balance in The Battle For Laikipia
by Amber Wilkinson
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 30 to October 6
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
by Amber Wilkinson
A cinematic vacation
Howard J Ford on the future of cinema, Escape and DarkGame
by Paul Risker
The endless highway
Robert Harmon on Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell and making The Hitcher
by Jennie Kermode
Keeping it real
Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste on the art of organic character creation in Hard Truths
by Amber Wilkinson
Reaching for a drowning man
JK Simmons on playing a desperate father in Little Brother
by Jennie Kermode
A dream come true
Jason Yu on casting, chemistry and keeping it simple in Sleep
by Jennie Kermode
62nd New York Film Festival early bird highlights
The Brutalist, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, April, By The Stream and A Traveler’s Needs
by Anne-Katrin Titze
'This film is set in the future but it’s about our present'
Joshua Oppenheimer and George Mackay on dystopian musical The End
by Amber Wilkinson
Disappearing behind the character
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala on Anja Plaschg, Martin Gschlacht, Tanja Hausner and The Devil's Bath
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 23 to 29
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
by Jennie Kermode and Amber Wilkinson
Wisdom known only to the worm
Stuart Ortiz, Peter Zizzo and Terri Apple on Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire
by Jennie Kermode

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Celebrating Scottish diversity Indigo Korres on the evolution of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival

Making a splash Hayley Easton Street on art direction, VFX, and directing The Climb and Something In The Water

In the beginning Kelsey Taylor and Adam Lee on shame, Red Riding Hood and To Kill A Wolf

Family feud Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney on The Problem With People

Behind the camera Ellen Kuras on telling women's stories and working with Kate Winslet on Lee

Pedro Almodóvar to receive Chaplin Award Film at Lincoln Center praises The Room Next Door

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