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Symbolism in the frame
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Susanna Fogel on Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Isabella Rossellini, Hope Davis and Cat Person
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 23 to 29
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on telly this week
Summoning and questioning the past
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kaouther Ben Hania on Tunisia’s Oscar submission Four Daughters
A sporting chance
by Amber Wilkinson
Julia Fuhr Mann on exploring athletic bias and looking beyond the binary in Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning
The true richness in being
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Michael Mann on Troy Kennedy Martin, Sydney Pollack and Massimo Cantini Parrini's costumes for Ferrari
Pain and playfulness
by Amber Wilkinson
Isabella Eklöf on directorial choices and remote shooting and adapting Kalak
Between two worlds
by Jennie Kermode
Bishal Dutta on introducing the West to new myths and old scares in It Lives Inside
Mixing fact and fiction
by Amber Wilkinson
Henry Bernadet on working with his cast to develop teen ensemble drama Gamma Rays
Spirited away
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kleber Mendonça Filho on the films of Agnès Varda, Manoel de Oliveira and Martin Scorsese, and Pictures Of Ghosts
Stay-At-Home Seven - October 16 to 22
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
'We wanted to portray each human being with their contradictions'
by Ámber Wilkinson
Silver Shell winner Marcelo Subiotto on comedy and philosopy in Puan
Looking back to go forward
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Frédéric Tcheng on Bethann Hardison, Lisa Cortes, Franca Sozzani, Tom Ford and Invisible Beauty
A film about words
by Jennie Kermode
Olivier Peyon on adapting the work of Philippe Besson in Lie With Me
Zoning in on war tourism
by Sergiu Inizian and Ani Kiladze
Danger Zone director Vita Drygas and her film's participant Andrew Drury on building trust, the lure of conflict and the effect on Drury's family life
A distillation of reality
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alice Rohrwacher on fairy tales and La Chimera
Finding the nuances
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stacey Battat on the costumes and Tamara Deverell on the production design for Priscilla
Stay-At-Home Seven - October 9 to 15
by Amber Wilkinson
Our weekly round-up of films to watch on TV or stream
A film of two halves
by Jennie Kermode
Alan Scott Neal and Taylor Sardoni on writing and shooting Last Straw
In tune with the passage of time
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Mark Bridges on the costumes for Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
Balancing the philosophical and the physical
by Amber Wilkinson
María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat on combining scripted humour with silent comedy in Puan
Elephants never forget
by Jennie Kermode
Mikey Murray on delving into the secrets of one couple's relationship in Mind-Set
London Film Festival highlights
by Amber Wilkinson
Six of the best at this year's fest
The diner at the end of time
by Jennie Kermode
Francis Galluppi talks about making The Last Stop In Yuma County
A series of tonal decisions
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Todd Haynes on May December
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 2 to 8
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
Reclaiming roots
by Jennie Kermode
Katja Gauriloff on making the first ever film in Skolt Sámi, Je’vida
Playing with a playwright
by Amber Wilkinson
Gabriel Byrne, James Marsh, Neil Forsyth and Fion O'Shea on bringing Beckett to the screen in Dance First
Catherine Frot - under the spell of Loach, Leigh and Frears
by Richard Mowe
French actress declares her love and admiration for British Cinema
Unspoken truths
by Amber Wilkinson
Emmanuelle Devos on denial and gesture in A Silence
NYFF early bird highlights
by Anne-Katrin Titze
The Zone Of Interest, The Boy And The Heron, The Beast and Fallen Leaves
Connecting with what you see
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Claire Pijman on Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier, Jim Jarmusch, Flip Scipio and Robby Müller: Living The Light
Sailing the high seas
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeremy Thomas on The Dreamers, Susan Minot and filming Only Lovers Left Alive
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 25 to October 1
by Jennie Kermode
Films to catch on telly this week
Truth and nail
by Amber Wilkinson
Christos Nikou on technology, love and Eighties synthpop in Fingernails
The next mission
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeremy Thomas on Nicolas Roeg, Wim Wenders, Billy Wilder, Matteo Garrone and fairy tales
Back to the Bo-Kaap
by Jennie Kermode
More from John Barker, Bronté Snell and Shamilla Miller on The Umbrella Men: Escape From Robben Island
A taste of honey
by Jennie Kermode
Nicholas Tomnay on the corporate nightmare in What You Wish For
When Hollywood met Manchester
by Jennie Kermode
Jake West on the story behind Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow
Bringing the stories home
by Jennie Kermode
Suvi West and Anssi Kömi on the repatriation of artefacts from museums and making Homecoming
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 18 to 24
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on telly this week
'Life in general is a matter of freedom'
by Amber Wilkinson
Tommaso Santambrogio tells us about his debut Oceans Are The Real Continents
Charting the way forwards
by Jennie Kermode
Lucy Tulugarjuk on life as an Inuit woman and Tautuktavuk
On the same wavelength
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Lucy Sante on Ed Bahlman, Andrew Rossi’s Andy Warhol series, and Sara Driver’s Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary
Why didn't we know her?
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Nailah Jefferson on Beverly Johnson, Richard Avedon and Donyale Luna: Supermodel
Seeking fortunes
by Amber Wilkinson
Babak Jalali on cookie messages and casting challenges in Fremont
Place in time
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Yui Kiyohara on Yukiko Iioka, Tadashi Okuno, Like Someone In Love and Remembering Every Night
Stay-at-Home Seven: September 11 to 17
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
The women who get things done
by Jennie Kermode
John Barker, Bronté Snell and Shamilla Miller on stunts, sharks and The Umbrella Men: Escape From Robben Island
An act of observance
by Jennie Kermode
Atom Egoyan on interpreting Salome and making Seven Veils
Memory and history closely bound
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Olivier Dahan on Simone: Woman Of The Century, Elsa Zylberstein, Rebecca Marder and Simone Veil
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