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Twin Peaks: the Return episodes 13 & 14 recap – the plot thickens
After weeks of diversions both delightful and disheartening, David Lynch’s extraordinary series appears to be sliding towards some kind of endgame, writes Tom Huddleston.
Wednesday 16 August 2017 -
From the Magazine
The Dark Tower review: mediocrity at the multiplex
This cynical Stephen King adaptation wastes the considerable talents of Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, and exemplifies the worst tendencies of the contemporary blockbuster, writes Nick Pinkerton.
Wednesday 16 August 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Quest’s loving, humane family portrait
A Philadelphia family face extraordinary traumas and day-to-day challenges with grace and solidarity in Jonathan Olshefski’s rich and utterly absorbing documentary, writes Hannah McGill.
Wednesday 16 August 2017 -
Monstrous feminine: ten of the best at FrightFest 2017
Women will be plentiful on screen at the horror festival, if not behind the camera, from the tragic death of Jayne Mansfield to fictional tales of obsession, mania, murder and disfigurement. Anton Bitel looks at the fascinating female-centric stories playing this year.
Tuesday 15 August 2017 -
Hywel Bennett obituary: fashionable young man who grew up fast
Andrew Roberts on an impressively versatile British actor, remembered for a raft of striking film and TV characters, from a chilling psychopath in Twisted Nerve to the definitive Ricki Tarr and the sardonic lead in Shelley.
Friday 11 August 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: A Ghost Story explores the delirium of grief
Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and a crisp white sheet haunt the screen in David Lowery’s beautifully crafted, risk-taking film about deadly loss and deep sadness, writes Roger Clarke.
Wednesday 9 August 2017 -
Short and sharp: ten of the best at Encounters 2017
At the Bristol festival of short-form cinema, celebrated films rub shoulders with new work from up-and-coming directors. Here is Laurence Boyce’s selection of the ones to watch.
Tuesday 8 August 2017 -
“There is no Syrian cinema”: Syrian filmmakers since the civil war
For Syria’s own filmmakers in search of a new language of resistance to an authoritarian state, the collapse of their country has brought both freedom and tragedy, writes Charlotte Bank.
Tuesday 8 August 2017 -
Syria on screen: how have movies represented the crisis?
Amid a rush of handwringing films dwelling on Syria’s easy spectacles of horror, argues Bidisha, there are also many more nuanced and resonant films made by people on the ground, listening to voices that otherwise go unheard.
Friday 4 August 2017 -
Cinema Rediscovered 2017: new homes for old films
At the Bologna-inspired festival in Bristol, classic films were celebrated with some smart repertory programming, while parallels were drawn between the state of cinema now and in its infancy, reports Pamela Hutchinson.
Friday 4 August 2017
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