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Stay-at-Home Seven: Bumper festive special
by Amber Wilkinson
A double dose of films to catch on telly for the next eight days
The world builder
by Jennie Kermode
VFX wizard Marcus Taormina on Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child Of Fire
What’s in a name?
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alexander Payne on Paul Giamatti, Carrie Preston, Westward The Women and The Holdovers
The cost of truth
by Jennie Kermode
Tamara Denic, Christian Siée, Nika Rozman and Milica Vuksanovic on Istina
Natural-born storytellers
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kaouther Ben Hania on Tunisia’s Oscar shortlisted Four Daughters
The hidden lighthouse
by Paul Risker
James Rowe on leaving something to the imagination in Breakwater
'A lot of the filming was very cathartic for me'
by Amber Wilkinson
Tom Stuart on Good Boy, 'a love letter' to his mum
A moment of discovery
by Jennie Kermode
Ary Zara, Ivo Canelas, Frederico Serra, Andreia Nunes and Elliot Page on An Avocado Pit
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 18 to 25
by Amber Wilkinson
A bumper festive selection of films to catch on TV or stream
From the inside out
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Wendy Chuck on Alexander Payne’s multiple Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers
Out of this world
by Jennie Kermode
Chad Stahelski on stunts and fantasy in John Wick: Chapter 4
Breaking free
by Paul Risker
Zeno Graton on youth detention, love without shame, and The Lost Boys
Hitchcock heroine style
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Catherine Breillat on Léa Drucker, Kim Novak, Tippi Hedren and Last Summer
Animated activism
by Amber Wilkinson
Ryan Westra and Vishavjit Singh on the making of and motivation behind American Sikh
Command performance
by Amber Wilkinson
Naqqash Khalid on modern masculinity, blank slates and 'anti-acting' in his debut In Camera
Stay-at-Home Seven - December 11 to 17
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on telly this week
Coming out in the wash
by Jennie Kermode
Ahmad Alyaseer and Rana Alyaseer on Our Males And Females
Enjoy the trip
by Amber Wilkinson
Uri Marantz on making King Khat.. and why it's not a documentary
In reality, in truth
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Bernard-Henri Lévy on returning to Ukraine and Glory To The Heroes
The believers
by Jennie Kermode
Jenn Wexler on exploring her favourite horror tropes in The Sacrifice Game
Resilient and brave
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Bernard-Henri Lévy on Ukraine's defenders and Glory To The Heroes
Space and time
by Amber Wilkinson
Stefanie Kolk on her approach to the grieving process in Melk
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 4 to 10
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
Out of the ruins
by Jennie Kermode
Um Tae-hwa and Lee Byung-hun discuss South Korean Oscar submission Concrete Utopia
Holding on to the magic
by Jennie Kermode
Thomas von Steinaecker on Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer
A bygone era
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeff Zimbalist on Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan, Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, Gore Vidal and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer
Fit for a spy
by Andrew Robertson
The new James Bond Scalextric set for those who don't like to be taken for a ride
You see it and feel it
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Tove Ditlevsen, Laurence Olivier and Faithless
In the service of the story
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Matteo Garrone on fairy tales and Italy’s Oscar submission, Io Capitano
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 27 to December 3
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to catch on telly this week
Speaking out
by Amber Wilkinson
Joachim Lafosse on power and shame in A Silence
Bridging the divide
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Amy Nicholson on DOC NYC highlight Happy Campers
Owning it
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Claire Jeffreys and Ed Bahlman on Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between
Taxi through time
by Amber Wilkinson
Christian Carion on taking viewers on a journey across Paris and into a woman's past in Driving Madeleine
Stories of hope
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Beth Lane on DOC NYC highlight UnBroken
A gran plan
by Amber Wilkinson
Karl R Hearne on The G's inspiration, those who target the old and the portrayal of female sexuality as a radical act
Like a fever dream
by Jennie Kermode
Jesse Eisenberg on exploring troubled masculinity in Manodrome
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 20 to 26
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
One second warning
by Jennie Kermode
Scott Bateman on the extraordinary creation of 5000 Space Aliens
Where my heart is
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Liv Ullmann on Ingmar Bergman, Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht, fairy tales and Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Personal politics
by Amber Wilkinson
Romas Zabarauskas on political debate and identity in The Writer
Circus attraction
by Amber Wilkinson
Gust Van den Berghe on world creation and comedy with weight in The Magnet Man
Putting The G in Vengeance
by Amber Wilkinson
Dale Dickey on her role as a gran bent on revenge and the resolution of the actors' strike
Beyond normalcy
by Jennie Kermode
Niels Arden Oplev on portraying mental illness in Rose
Stay-at-Home Seven - November 13 to 19
by Amber Wilkinson
Films to watch on telly this week
A postcard from Thessaloniki Film Festival
by Amber Wilkinson
Strong performances to the fore as Greek showcase ends 64th edition
The roller-coaster life of a man
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeff Zimbalist on Invisible Beauty and How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer
Inhabiting other places
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeremy Thomas on David Cronenberg, William Burroughs, JG Ballard, Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
From the cradle to the grave
by Jennie Kermode
John Trengove on masculinity in crisis and Manodrome
The past looking to the future
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum on Loïe Fuller and Obsessed With Light
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