About Schmidt (2002)
Jack Nicholson is a 66-year-old insurance man, recently widowed and retired, in Omaha, Nebraska
Cinema 16: American Short Films (2006)
A collection of early shorts from renowned American directors
The Descendants (2011)
A father is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future.
Downsizing (2017)
Satire about a man who starts to think he would have a better life if only he could shrink himself.
Election (1999)
Scathing high school comedy.
The Holdovers (2023)
An unpopular teacher, a talented but badly behaved student and a cook who recently lost her son in Vietnam spend Christmas together in an otherwise empty boarding school.
Nebraska (2013)
An alcoholic father and his resentful son travel cross-country together to collect big sweepstake winnings.
Paris Je T'Aime (2006)
Twenty different glimpses of Paris.
Sideways (2004)
The adventures of two middle-age men on a wine-drinking stag weekend.
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Journey from extrovert to introvert The Stranger star Benjamin Voisin on Camus, Ozon and learning not to act

Trying on masks Paloma Schneideman on antipodean summers and Big Girls Don't Cry

Spirit of the age Arabella Oz on jealousy, therapy and Mallory's Ghost

A different life Ragnhild Nøst Bergem and Ola Henningsen on documentary Being Ola

Power and desire Gloria Mercer, Bethany Brown and Tandia Mercedes on A Safe Distance

Remodelling masculinity Logan Rozos and Lexie Bean on young trans men and What Will I Become?

An exercise in empathy Louise Weard on gender politics, transgressive cinema and Castration Movie

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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest from the spring events:

Cannes John Travolta flies into festival with directorial debut


Cannes Barbra Streisand to receive honorary Palme d'Or


Thessaloniki Golden Alexanders announced


GSFF 19th edition opens in Glasgow with Downriver A Tiger


Cannes Park Chan-Wook named as Jury head