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Raising her voice
by Jennie Kermode
Marnie Blok on exploring women's reactions to abuse in Beyond Silence
Eye on the future
by Amber Wilkinson
We look ahead at films coming to cinemas in the next three months
The price of speech
by Jennie Kermode
Aleksandr Molochnikov on Russian political attitudes and Extremist
In his own way
by Jennie Kermode
Trevor Morris on representing neurodiversity and making Butterfly On A Wheel
The girl next door
by Jennie Kermode
Lee Knight on spreading joy and making A Friend Of Dorothy
Going solo
by Jennie Kermode
Aaron Blaise on the human element, Arctic colours and animating Snow Bear
Stay-at-Home Seven New Year's Special: December 29 to January 3
by Amber Wilkinson, Jennie Kermode
Bumper round-up of films to stream or catch on telly
Bardot - the reluctant bombshell
by Richard Mowe
A lifetime of changing the image of women, shattering taboos, and saving animals
Designing character
by Amber Wilkinson
Costume expert Catherine George on working on films including Mickey 17 and Die My Love
Song of the desert
by Paul Risker
Kangding Ray on changing attitudes to music in cinema, and scoring Sirât
'I think it completely changed my life'
by Amber Wilkinson
Aleksandre Koberidze on his love for the Sony Ericsson and using it to shoot Dry Leaf
Dangerous waters
by Jennie Kermode
Kayo Martin and Everett Blunck discuss making The Plague
Stay-at-Home Seven: Bumper Christmas selection box
by Amber Wilkinson, Jennie Kermode
A double dose of films to stream or catch on TV this festive season
The object of her desire
by Jennie Kermode
Nia DaCosta on adapting and recontextualising Henrik Ibsen's Hedda
Time to remember
by Jennie Kermode
Tom Koch on colour, connections and uncertainty in Olive
A grand legacy
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Vittorio Rambaldi on the legendary Carlo Rambaldi
Thinking big
by Amber Wilkinson
Producer Poppy O'Hagan on the challenges and themes of Think Of England
Under the knife
by Jennie Kermode
Rebecca Pruzan and Alexander Saul on the power of comedy and making Snipped
A different language
by Paul Risker
Bi Gan on his creative process, abstraction, discomfort and Resurrection
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 15 to 21
by Amber Wilkinson, Anne-Katrin Titze, Jennie Kermode
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
Love without power
by Jennie Kermode
Liz Rao on the dangers of growing up in small town America, and The Truck
Naughty or nice?
by Paul Risker
Mike P Nelson on remaking Silent Night, Deadly Night
World of difference
by Amber Wilkinson
Sarah Goher on exploring the life of a child maid through a little girl's eyes in Happy Birthday
'The higher we got.. the more intense and emotional it got'
by Amber Wilkinson
Alexander Murphy on love and migration in Goodbye Sisters
Lifted up by an idea
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kent Jones on Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, and Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht’s Surabaya Johnny in Late Fame
Remote but connected
by Jennie Kermode
Daood Alabdulaa and Louise Zenker on Syria, ISIS, women's stories and Walud
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 8 to 14
by Amber Wilkinson, Jennie Kermode, Anne-Katrin Titze
Films to catch on telly or stream this week
Siren song
by Jennie Kermode
Ali Cook on mermaids, medicine, misogyny and The Pearl Comb
The killing room
by Jennie Kermode
Pier-Philippe Chevigny on prison, pigs and making Mercenaire
Among spectral snows
by Jennie Kermode
Kier-La Janisse on the work of Algernon Blackwood and The Haunted Season: The Occupant Of The Room
Bait for the beast
by Jennie Kermode
Simon Panay on challenging attitudes to albino people in The Boy With White Skin
Ice cool
by Jennie Kermode
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani talk Reflection In A Dead Diamond
Songs and silence
by Jennie Kermode
Urška Djukić on music, unspoken communication and Little Trouble Girls
The beauty of doubt
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 1 to 7
by Amber Wilkinson and Jennie Kermode
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
Mincan: I'm staying true to myself
by Amber Wilkinson
Director on loneliness, fear and memory in Milk Teeth
'We were banned from leaving the country for one year'
by Amber Wilkinson
Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki on the challenges of shooting and distributing Iranian doc Cutting Through Rocks
Breaking the cycle
by Amber Wilkinson
Júlia de Paz Solvas and Núria Dunjó on resilience and hope in The Good Daughter
Caught in a trap
by Amber Wilkinson
Jurgis Matulevicius on toxic masculinity, trauma and broken dreams in China Sea
Many strings to her bow
by Amber Wilkinson
Isabel Hagen on moving from viola player to stand-up comic and filmmaker
One of a kind
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Johnny Pigozzi on connections with Ed Bahlman and I Am Curious Johnny
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 24 to 30
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
All at sea
by Jennie Kermode
Max Burgoyne-Moore, Salvatore Scarpa and Zack Elsokari on asylum seekers and Largo
After power, the masquerade
by Edin Custo
Andrés Clariond on image-making and political freefall in Versalles
Picturing a killer
by Jennie Kermode
Charlie Shackleton on the language of true crime and Zodiac Killer Project
Survivors speak up
by Jennie Kermode
Aoife Kelleher on Justice for Magdalenes and making Testimony
'Two faces of the same monster'
by Edin Custo
A conversation with the cast of Versalles
A red thread
by Jennie Kermode
Dolores Fonzi on how activism led to filmmaking in the case of Belén
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 17 to 23
by Amber Wilkinson and Jennie Kermode
Films to stream or watch on telly this week
The most wonderful time
by Jennie Kermode
Seth Porges on the Cacophony Society, sparking imaginations, and Santacon
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