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Past Lives named best feature at Gothams
Controversy on evening after De Niro alleges autocue speech was edited - 28 Nov 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
BIFA announces craft awards
All Of Us Strangers and Femme among winners - 20 Nov 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
Joss Ackland dies at 95
Prolific star passes away peacefully - 20 Nov 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
Aftersun glows at BAFTAs
Charlotte Wells' drama scoops three Scottish awards - 20 Nov 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
Joy for Misericordia
Italian film takes top prize in Tallinn - 19 Nov 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
Critic with insatiable thirst for all kinds of cinema
French doyen Michel Ciment dies at 85 but his influence will linger on - 14 Nov 2023
by Richard Mowe
Actors' strike reaches 'tentative' end
"We have achieved a deal of extraordinary scope," says SAG-AFTRA - 09 Nov 2023
by Jennie Kermode
Rye Lane leads BIFA race
All Of Us Strangers, Scrapper and How To Have Sex among front-runners - 02 Nov 2023
by Jennie Kermode
Dryholm heads jury as Tallinn full line-up revealed
Festival will screen 185 features including 51 world premieres - 27 Oct 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
All Of Us Strangers tops Gotham Award nominations
This year's awards race is officially open - 24 Oct 2023
by Jennie Kermode
French Film Festival UK announces highlights
Anatomy Of A Fall and The Taste Of Things among line-up - 19 Oct 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
Indie Memphis Film Festival line-up announced
Tennessee festival puts Black women to the fore - 18 Oct 2023
by Jennie Kermode
LFF announces awards
Winners include Evil Does Not Exist and Paradise Is Burning - 16 Oct 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
Dariush Mehrjui and Vahideh Mohammadifar found dead in their home
Iranian police launch murder investigation - 15 Oct 2023
by Jennie Kermode
Tallinn announces competition line-up
20-title showcase includes 13 world premieres - 15 Oct 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
Terence Davies dies
Benediction filmmaker was 77 - 07 Oct 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
The Killer to screen at NYFF
Fincher film joins the Spotlight programme - 07 Oct 2023
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Rye Horn takes top award in San Sebastian
Local director Jaione Camborda's period drama wins Golden Shell - 01 Oct 2023
by Amber Wilkinson
Opener Jessica takes two prizes in Dinard
Jury names Sacha Polak’s Silver Haze as Best Film - 30 Sep 2023
by Richard Mowe
Row breaks out over arts funding
Creative Scotland forced to dig into reserves - 29 Sep 2023
by Jennie Kermode

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Holding on to the magic
Thomas von Steinaecker on Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer
by Jennie Kermode
A bygone era
Jeff Zimbalist on Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan, Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, Gore Vidal and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Fit for a spy
The new James Bond Scalextric set for those who don't like to be taken for a ride
by Andrew Robertson
You see it and feel it
Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Tove Ditlevsen, Laurence Olivier and Faithless
by Anne-Katrin Titze
In the service of the story
Matteo Garrone on fairy tales and Italy’s Oscar submission, Io Capitano
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 27 to December 3
Films to catch on telly this week
by Amber Wilkinson
Speaking out
Joachim Lafosse on power and shame in A Silence
by Amber Wilkinson
Bridging the divide
Amy Nicholson on DOC NYC highlight Happy Campers
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Owning it
Claire Jeffreys and Ed Bahlman on Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Taxi through time
Christian Carion on taking viewers on a journey across Paris and into a woman's past in Driving Madeleine
by Amber Wilkinson
Stories of hope
Beth Lane on DOC NYC highlight UnBroken
by Anne-Katrin Titze
A gran plan
Karl R Hearne on The G's inspiration, those who target the old and the portrayal of female sexuality as a radical act
by Amber Wilkinson
Like a fever dream
Jesse Eisenberg on exploring troubled masculinity in Manodrome
by Jennie Kermode
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 20 to 26
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
by Amber Wilkinson
One second warning
Scott Bateman on the extraordinary creation of 5000 Space Aliens
by Jennie Kermode
Where my heart is
Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht, fairy tales and Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Personal politics
Romas Zabarauskas on political debate and identity in The Writer
by Amber Wilkinson
Circus attraction
Gust Van den Berghe on world creation and comedy with weight in The Magnet Man
by Amber Wilkinson
Putting The G in Vengeance
Dale Dickey on her role as a gran bent on revenge and the resolution of the actors' strike
by Amber Wilkinson
Beyond normalcy
Niels Arden Oplev on portraying mental illness in Rose
by Jennie Kermode

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Holding on to the magic Thomas von Steinaecker on Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer

A bygone era Jeff Zimbalist on Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan, Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, Gore Vidal and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer

Fit for a spy The new James Bond Scalextric set for those who don't like to be taken for a ride

You see it and feel it Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Tove Ditlevsen, Laurence Olivier and Faithless

In the service of the story Matteo Garrone on fairy tales and Italy’s Oscar submission, Io Capitano

Speaking out Joachim Lafosse on power and shame in A Silence

Bridging the divide Amy Nicholson on DOC NYC highlight Happy Campers

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