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Blanchett on an honours roll
by Richard Mowe
Tributes in Deauville and New York.
Evolution of The Grandmaster
by Anne-Katrin Titze
From costumes to kung fu with Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang.
The precision of a master
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Wong Kar Wai on making The Grandmaster
The essence of What Maisie Knew
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Scott McGehee and David Siegel in conversation.
Martin Scorsese supports The Grandmaster
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Director lends his name to Wong Kar Wai's film.
The real deal
by Richard Mowe
Paulina García on playing Gloria
To The Lighthouse and beyond
by Anne-Katrin Titze
David Lowery in conversation about Ain't Them Bodies Saints.
Past, present and a parrot
by Anne-Katrin Titze
The cast of Lee Daniels' The Butler on authenticity and moments of discovery.
Always the femme fatale
by Richard Mowe
Jaqueline Bisset on sparring with George Cukor - and being honoured in Locarno.
Surviving on star quality
by Richard Mowe
Faye Dunaway on ageist attitudes, inequality and stage roots.
Wild and wet in Locarno
by Richard Mowe
First shots fired from 2 Guns at Swiss festival
What The Butler saw
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Liev Schreiber, James Marsden and Minka Kelly on Lee Daniel's portrait of the US presidents.
Sharksploitation!
by Jennie Kermode
Error of the deep
Terrence Howard gives us a twirl
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Taking on the role of magician's assistant to The Butler star.
Unzipping the Zipper
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Amy Nicholson talks about her documentary and the changing face of Coney Island.
The nature of art
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Fernando Trueba and Aida Folch talk about The Artist And The Model.
Raising the bar
by Jennie Kermode
A movie pub crawl.
Eye For Books
by Jennie Kermode
New Vampire Cinema, Filmcraft: Screenwriting and Films And Financing.
The Stars and Stripes Invasion
by Richard Mowe
Deauville launches its programme.
Locarno line-up announced
by Richard Mowe
Carlo Chatrian announces debut festival of 'contradictions'
The art of forgiveness
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Nicolas Winding Refn, Ryan Gosling and Kristin Scott Thomas on Only God Forgives.
Rajendra Roy in conversation
by Anne-Katrin Titze
MoMA meets the developing Berlin School.
Cinematic spiritualism
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Resurrecting the unfinished, the abandoned and the lost.
Paula Ortiz talks Chrysalis
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Three women, three destinies and the history of Spain in the 20th century.
Capturing BAM150
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Michael Sládek on what goes on behind the scenes at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Oliver Stone sets the record straight
by Richard Mowe
Wall Street director on big brother scandals and greed.
Predicting a riot
by Jennie Kermode
Mike Lerner talks about his new documentary on Pussy Riot.
Tropfest: New York - Part Two
by Anne-Katrin Titze
A chat with the finalists at the short film festival.
Frankenstein unbound
by Jennie Kermode
Richard Raaphorst on Frankestein's Army.
Return of the Comeback Kid
by Richard Mowe
John Travolta says he is a born survivor.
In conversation with Best Actor Eve Danzeisen
by Anne-Katrin Titze
The making of a Tropfest New York Award winning performance.
Making Martin Bonner
by Amber Wilkinson
Chad Hartigan and Richmond Arquette in conversation
Travolta Czechs it out
by Richard Mowe
Karlovy Vary in gear to go global.
Tropfest: New York
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Interviews and coverage from the short film festival.
This is Paul Eenhoorn
by Amber Wilkinson
The Aussie actor talks about his role in This Is Martin Bonner.
Dunoon diary
by Donald Munro
Postcards from a seaside festival.
How The Gatekeepers opened up
by Amber Wilkinson
Dror Moreh on documenting the opinions of six former Shin Bet chiefs.
Painting a life
by Sophie Monks Kaufman
Gilles Bourdos on Christa Theret in conversation about Renoir.
Caught in the riddle
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Daniele Cipri in conversation about It Was The Son.
Pint of view
by Amber Wilkinson
Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier and Steve Hook talk about documentary The Moo Man.
From Buffy to the bard
by Stephen Carty
Joss Whedon talks about adapting Shakespeare in Much Ado About Nothing.
Childhood on the wing
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Director Salvatore Mereu talks about his film Pretty Butterflies.
Awakening sleeping beauties
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Marco Bellocchio on real life and fairy tales in Dormant Beauty.
Rock on
by Jennie Kermode
Yariv Horowitz on Rock The Casbah and trying to bring together Arab and Israeli audiences.
Audrey's stroll on the dark side
by Richard Mowe
The star of Amélie on a new direction as Thérèse Desqueyroux
Hannah Arendt - The woman behind the film
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Margarethe von Trotta, Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer and others on dramatising a life.
Edinburgh Film Festival announces programme
by Amber Wilkinson
New strands include Not Another Teen Movie and American Dreams
Introducing Carlos Estévez
by Jennie Kermode
What’s in a name?
Nicholas, the exorcist
by Richard Mowe
Nicholas Winding Refn and Kristin Scott Thomas on Only God Forgives.
Bed and bawd Behind The Candelabra
by Richard Mowe
Matt Damon on getting into bed with Michael Douglas.
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