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Going to the mat
by Jennie Kermode
Amir Zargara on paying tribute to Navid Afkari with A Good Day Will Come
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 4 to 10
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch in TV or stream this week
It's all life
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alan Rudolph on what’s in Breakfast Of Champions and not in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel
Small town problems
by Jennie Kermode
Boston McConnaughey and Renny Grames on Utah, demolition derbies and Alien Country
'The real horror is how they treat each other'
by Amber Wilkinson
Nikol Cybulya on trauma and relationships in Tomorrow I Die
Leaning to darkness
by Jennie Kermode
Aislinn Clarke on the Na Sidhe, Ireland's troubled history, and Fréwaka
Strangers in paradise
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney, Owen Wilson and Breakfast Of Champions
A father's choice
by Jennie Kermode
Luke Morgan and Jake Morgan on leprosy, shooting in Nepal and The Boat
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 28 to November 3
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
Halloween listings 2024
by Jennie Kermode
Scary screenings to enjoy across the UK
Passion and commitment
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Craig Schoenbaum on The New York Choral Society Presents: Voices Of Light / The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
Inside the archives
by Andrew Robertson
DC Thomson's collection is integrated into the National Library of Scotland's Moving Image archive
Making it big
by Jennie Kermode
Joseph Pierce on exploring opium addiction through rotoscoping in Scale
Inside picture palaces: Cineworld Glasgow Renfrew Street
by Andrew Robertson
A profile of the world's tallest cinema
Finding joy and creating character
by Amber Wilkinson
Pamela Anderson and Gia Coppola on working together to craft The Last Showgirl
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 21 to 27
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on telly this week
The power of hope
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Hermann Vaske on Isabella Rossellini, Nick Cave, John Cleese and Can Creativity Save The World?
Out of the shadows
by Jennie Kermode
Ben Model on the restoration and legacy of The Bat
Well seasoned
by Amber Wilkinson
François Ozon, Hélène Vincent and Josiane Balasko on creating characters of a certain age in When Fall Is Coming
Storytelling and psychology
by Andy Stoeva and Tobiasz Dunin
Wet Monday’s Justyna Mytnik and Luiza Skrzek on what hides behind the happily-ever-after
Art, friendship and nature
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Tilda Swinton on dressing for Pedro Almodóvar, and The Room Next Door
'I always thought that losing my mother also was discovering her'
by Amber Wilkinson
Sylvia Le Fanu on bringing her own experience of grief to My Eternal Summer
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 14 to 20
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on telly or stream this week
Lights, gunfire, action
by Jennie Kermode
Scott Adkins on acting, fighting and having fun in Take Cover
20/20 vision in the eye of the storm
by Gika Mikabadze and Sandro Gudiashvili
Salomé Jashi on current challenges facing Georgian documentarians
'I have always adored being pushed out of my comfort zone'
by Richard Mowe
Reawakening's Juliet Stevenson on making choices, working with Jared Harris and never repeating herself
Behind the scenes of Blueberry Dreams
by Leo Mikaia and Nino Metreveli
Elene Mikaberidze on bringing her farming documentary to fruition
'It is impossible to escape memory'
by Amber Wilkinson
Director Fabrice du Welz on the lingering trauma of the real case behind Maldoror and the questions he hopes to provoke
Last minute London Film Festival highlights
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch that still have tickets available
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 7 to 13
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on telly or stream this week
Celebrating Scottish diversity
by Jennie Kermode
Indigo Korres on the evolution of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival
Making a splash
by Jennie Kermode
Hayley Easton Street on art direction, VFX and directing The Climb and Something In The Water
In the beginning
by Paul Risker
Kelsey Taylor and Adam Lee on shame, Red Riding Hood and To Kill A Wolf
Family feud
by Jennie Kermode
Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney on The Problem With People
Behind the camera
by Paul Risker
Ellen Kuras on telling women's stories and working with Kate Winslet on Lee
'Our life is defined by work. I think it's consuming us'
by Amber Wilkinson
Laura Carreira on the gig economy and loneliness in her Silver Shell-winner On Falling
'It was basically like walking a tightrope'
by Amber Wilkinson
Peter Murimi and Daphne Matziaraki on striking a balance in The Battle For Laikipia
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 30 to October 6
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
A cinematic vacation
by Paul Risker
Howard J Ford on the future of cinema, Escape and DarkGame
The endless highway
by Jennie Kermode
Robert Harmon on Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell and making The Hitcher
Keeping it real
by Amber Wilkinson
Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste on the art of organic character creation in Hard Truths
Reaching for a drowning man
by Jennie Kermode
JK Simmons on playing a desperate father in Little Brother
A dream come true
by Jennie Kermode
Jason Yu on casting, chemistry and keeping it simple in Sleep
62nd New York Film Festival early bird highlights
by Anne-Katrin Titze
The Brutalist, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, April, By The Stream and A Traveler’s Needs
'This film is set in the future but it’s about our present'
by Amber Wilkinson
Joshua Oppenheimer and George Mackay on dystopian musical The End
Disappearing behind the character
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala on Anja Plaschg, Martin Gschlacht, Tanja Hausner and The Devil's Bath
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 23 to 29
by Jennie Kermode and Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
Wisdom known only to the worm
by Jennie Kermode
Stuart Ortiz, Peter Zizzo and Terri Apple on Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire
Lord of misrule
by Amber Wilkinson
Fernando Coimbra on drawing on Shakespeare and subversive ideas for Carnival Is Over
Thinking inside the box
by Paul Risker
Robert Kolodny and Ruby Wolf on capturing Willie Pep in The Featherweight
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