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Film of the week: Daphne tracks a woman in crisis through a cruel city
Emily Beecham’s immaculately pitched lead performance anchors this quietly profound film, which slowly builds builds a mosaic of hope from fragments of art, writes Lisa Mullen.
Friday 29 September 2017 -
From the Magazine
No guide to the future: the BFI Filmography reveals the thin wedge of female British filmmaking past
The BFI’s new searchable graphic database of British film production credits since 1911 shows us the stark historical lack of opportunities for women – but behind the dismal numbers there are characters with stories to be told, says Pamela Hutchinson.
Friday 29 September 2017 -
Waves of sound: Jason Singh on his live score for Drifters
The beatboxer and sound artist is accompanying John Grierson’s silent documentary on a tour of British fishing towns. He tells Michael Pattison how he channels the sound of the deep and the distant past for each performance.
Thursday 28 September 2017 -
Tonsler Park: Kevin Jerome Everson captures democracy in close-up
This 16mm black-and-white documentary was filmed at Charlottesville polling stations the day that Donald Trump was elected, a riveting study of a world about to be shattered, writes Helen de Witt.
Wednesday 27 September 2017 -
Wavelengths 2017: Toronto defends its bastion of the esoteric
Fears that programming cuts would damage the diversity of TIFF were allayed by a bold selection of experimental, short and gallery films, including a dazzling meditation on a hip colour, a disquieting study of a cannibal and a careful portrait of bodybuilders, writes Jordan Cronk.
Wednesday 27 September 2017 -
Angels Wear White review: sexism in a small town
Vivian Qu’s savage portrait of institutional corruption and misogyny in a Chinese seaside resort demands to be seen, writes Michael Leader.
Wednesday 27 September 2017 -
Queen of the Desert: Werner Herzog bows to Nicole Kidman
The flipside of the director’s famed portraits of hubristic male adventurers, this Gertrude Bell biopic, still undistributed in the UK, not only features a rare female Herzogian protagonist but willingly adopts the style of a Nicole Kidman vehicle, writes Brad Stevens.
Tuesday 26 September 2017 -
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno review – Abdellatif Kechiche’s deep pleasure plunge
The Blue Is the Warmest Colour director’s sixth feature, an evocation of early 90s young summer sensualism, is his most exuberant and indulgent yet, skinny on narrative but hungry for hedonist experience, writes Neil Young.
Monday 25 September 2017 -
From the Magazine
Lawrence of Arabia archive review: the hazy draw of the desert
With David Lean’s epic back in cinemas, read how Penelope Houston reviewed it in 1963. She has praise for the performances, including Peter O’Toole in the lead, but a thumbs down for Maurice Jarre’s score.
Monday 25 September 2017 -
The Third Murder review: Koreeda’s morally complex noir
This metaphysical crime thriller from the maestro of Japanese family life will leave audiences with more mysteries to ponder than simply whodunnit, writes Michael Leader.
Saturday 23 September 2017
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