Eye For Film >> News & Feature Stories

News stories:

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
The Ceremony takes top prize at EIFF
Manny Wolfe named best short as festival reboots - 23 Aug 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Toxic on top in Locarno
Lithuanian coming-of-age drama wins Golden Leopard - 18 Aug 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Shaking off monsters
EIFF gets under way with The Outrun and Alien: Romulus - 16 Aug 2024
by Andrew Robertson
San Sebastian announces Pearls
Arnold, Audiard, Baker and Coppola among films in festival favourites sidebar - 16 Aug 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Almodóvar to receive Donostia
Veteran director to be honoured for career in San Sebastian - 14 Aug 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
New York Film Festival announces main slate
Two documentary world premieres among films - 09 Aug 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Queer is NYFF Spotlight Gala selection
Director Guadagnino "privileged and elated" - 09 Aug 2024
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Bookworm wins international Fantasia Audience Award
Festival celebrates record attendance - 08 Aug 2024
by Jennie Kermode
NYFF announces Pedro Almodóvar Centrepiece
The Room Next Door stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton - 01 Aug 2024
by Anne-Katrin Titze
San Sebastian announces competition titles
Leigh, Alberdi, Costa-Gavras and Ozon among those joining line-up - 30 Jul 2024
by Amber Wilkinson

More news stories

Features:

Life lessons
Shuchi Talati on rebellion and relationships in school-set drama Girls Will Be Girls
by Amber Wilkinson
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 16 t0 21
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
by Amber Wilkinson
Observing different ways of being
Lisandro Alonso on John Ford, Alice Rohrwacher, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Eureka
by Anne-Katrin Titze
The invisible worm
Anand Tucker on the making of monsters and The Critic
by Paul Risker
An epic work of art
Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Wild card
Emile Hirsch on playing poker, suffering for his art and Dead Money
by Jennie Kermode
Life in full colour
Fawzia Mirza on intergenerational connection, Bollywood, queerness and The Queen Of My Dreams
by Jennie Kermode
By book and by crook
Sophie Deraspe on bringing Shepherds to the big screen
by Amber Wilkinson
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 9 to 15
Films to watch on TV or stream this week
by Amber Wilkinson
'It's the story of my family and their coming here'
Arshile Egoyan on drawing on his mum's childhood for Before They Joined Us
by Amber Wilkinson
Marriage of creativity
Husband and wife Deepak Rauniyar and Asha Magrati on their latest collaboration Pooja, Sir
by Amber Wilkinson
A stylised world
Alessandro Nivola on Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Room Next Door
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Body electric
Daria Kashcheeva on developing and animating Electra
by Jennie Kermode
Concrete ideas
Alessandro Nivola on Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and The Brutalist
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Masters of survival
Mika Gustafson and Alexander Öhrstrand on pursuing emotional truth in Paradise Is Burning
by Paul Risker
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 2 to 8
Films to catch on telly or stream this week
by Amber Wilkinson
The storyteller
Ali Kalthami on the birth of Saudi Arabian cinema, and Night Courier
by Paul Risker
A race with his own heart
Liev Schreiber on Venice, Hemingway, and Across The River And Into The Trees
by Jennie Kermode
Framing a president
Jon Voight, Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller on Reagan
by Andrew Robertson
Growing pains and gains
Saulė Bliuvaitė on developing and shooting Golden Leopard winner Toxic
by Amber Wilkinson

More features

News

Life lessons Shuchi Talati on rebellion and relationships in school-set drama Girls Will Be Girls

Observing different ways of being Lisandro Alonso on John Ford, Alice Rohrwacher, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Eureka

The invisible worm Anand Tucker on the making of monsters and The Critic

An epic work of art Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist

Wild card Emile Hirsch on playing poker, suffering for his art and Dead Money

Life in full colour Fawzia Mirza on intergenerational connection, Bollywood, queerness and The Queen Of My Dreams

By book and by crook Sophie Deraspe on bringing Shepherds to the big screen

More news and features

News
Festival Image

We're bringing you news and reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival and the Cheltenham International Film Festival.



We're looking forward to Fantastic Fest, San Sebastian, Beyond Fest, the New York Film Festival, Grimmfest, the London Film Festival, Newfest and Abertoir.



We've recently covered the Venice Film Festival, Frightfest, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and the Locarno Film Festival.



Read our full for more.


Visit our festivals section.

Interact
Competition Picture

More competitions coming soon.