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Podcast: three critics discuss the best of BFI Flare 2017
Alex Davidson, Sophie Mayer and Ben Walters discuss the best of the year’s London LGBT film fiesta – from the half-century commemoration of the Sexual Offences Act to The Untamed’s alien sex octopus.
Friday 31 March 2017 -
VOD rules? The pick of SXSW Film 2017
The dominance of view-on-demand services’ patronage seems to be a concern as much as an opportunity at Texas’s South by Southwest Film Festival, reports Nick Roddick. Still, two standout first features – Tragedy Girls and Hot Summer Nights – excellently break the mould.
Thursday 30 March 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Graduation offers a riveting look at a rotten system
Cristian Mungiu’s fourth feature tells a cautionary tale of petty corruption in Romania with a mixture of Renoiresque empathy and Haneke-style moral rigour, writes Michael Brooke.
Thursday 30 March 2017 -
From the Magazine
Ghost in the Shell review: Scarlett Johansson brings the human element to this flashy machine
A spirited cast led by Johansson’s doggedly vulnerable Major lend warmth to Rupert Sanders’ slick if aimless live-action remake of the classic anime, writes Kate Stables.
Thursday 30 March 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Aquarius puts Sonia Braga in the belly of elite Brazil
Braga’s complex, formidable widow fights her ground against Recife’s encroaching property developers in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s deft, trenchant follow-up to Neighbouring Sounds, says Jonathan Romney.
Friday 24 March 2017 -
The no-label festival: True/False 2017 and the politics of programming
Missouri’s eclectic True/False Film Festival made its name levelling the differences between documentary and fiction, mainstream movies and the cinematic margins. Might it show us the way to break down the divisions amongst audiences too, asks Charlie Lyne?
Thursday 23 March 2017 -
Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? and four more True/False 2017 highlights
Jordan Cronk highlights five of the best from the 14th True/False Film Festival – not least Travis Wilkerson’s ‘white nightmare story’, “one of the most powerful reckonings in recent American cinema”.
Thursday 23 March 2017 -
All that mise en scène allows: Douglas Sirk’s expressive use of gesture
In Douglas Sirk’s famous melodrama All That Heaven Allows, the smallest hand movements of the actors speak volumes about their relationships, writes Brad Stevens.
Wednesday 22 March 2017 -
Kleber Mendonça Filho: “Aquarius seemed to hit a nerve in Brazil”
In the Brazilian director’s brilliant new film, one woman stands in defiance of the developers who want to demolish her home. As he tells Tom Graham, the story took on new resonances when it was shown during the coup ousting the country’s president, a woman of the same age, from power.
Wednesday 22 March 2017 -
Fresh frontiers: five of the best Scottish films at the Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017
Scottish talent shone at Glasgow’s celebration of short film. While it’s little surprise that many of this year’s contenders were preoccupied with borders, identity and borders, the way those issues were approached was often very refreshing, writes Tara Judah.
Wednesday 22 March 2017
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