Steven Soderbergh’s vigorous Victorian-era medical series marries the vogue for graphic-novel stylings with the perverse pleasures of peering at vintage medical books, says Nick James.
One fifth of the films in this year’s are directed (or co-directed) by women. It’s as good as it gets but not good enough, festival director Clare Stewart tells Sophie Mayer.
Yann Demange’s début feature wrings spills and thrills – if limited dramatic insights – from the labyrinth of Ulster’s historical Troubles, says Trevor Johnston.
Marking its 20th anniversary with a transitional event, Bristol’s Encounters festival juggled art and industry, new movies with greatest hits, and brought the radical in from the fringe. Tim Hayes reports.
David Fincher and screenwriter Gillian Flynn riddle the mysteries of marriage in an entertainingly perverse adaptation of the latter’s blockbuster novel, says Nick James.