Festivals
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The ugliest animation at Encounters 2017
From ‘vandalised celluloid’ to a top-prize-winner co-credited to its own misdirected software, Bristol’s state-of-the-art showcase found British and international animation bulging with ideas, beauty… and its antithesis, reports Jez Stewart.
Wednesday 10 January 2018 -
Encounters with celluloid: Bronco’s House and the film revival
Mark Jenkin’s short movie about the Cornish housing crisis was crafted by hand at every stage, so it was a genuine pleasure to see it projected on film for the first time, and to anticipate more analogue marvels in the future, writes Tara Judah.
Tuesday 9 January 2018 -
Year zero at the Pingyao International Film Festival
The first edition of this Chinese festival founded by Jia Zhangke was a compact affair, but its bold programming delivered on his mission to bring great cinema to the provinces, writes John Bleasdale.
Friday 17 November 2017 -
Documenta 2017: cinema speaks loud and clear
At this edition of the multidisciplinary festival, film seemed to occupy a privileged position among the arts, which meant that the varied works on show had a unique opportunity to connect with the audience, writes Olaf Möller.
Friday 10 November 2017 -
FrightFest Halloween All-Dayer 2017: seven flavours of fear
Variety was the spice of fright at this year’s Halloween horror marathon, with a mix of features approaching horror from all possible angles, writes Anton Bitel.
Monday 6 November 2017 -
Immersive Encounters 2017: virtual reality, real bodies
VR ‘screenings’ at the Encounters Short Film Festival highlighted the ambitions of the new form, but also its limitations for the disembodied viewers swivelling through new sensory worlds, writes Tara Judah.
Thursday 2 November 2017 -
Different countries, same boats: highlights of the Cambridge Film Festival 2017
Behind-the-headlines documentaries and fiction films from Denmark and Catalonia rubbed shoulders with artists’ shorts and archive restorations at Cambridge’s ever-eclectic cinema extravaganza, writes Henry K. Miller.
Thursday 2 November 2017 -
Doclisboa 2017 report: the (bittersweet) fruit of paradise
From a Vera Chytilová rarity to a grandstanding Quebecois political drama, a masterly Claude Lanzmann short to a minor Manuel Mozos party-starter, Christopher Small muses on the innumerable possible paths through a programme of unusually deftness and sensitivity.
Thursday 2 November 2017 -
The serial killer variations: David Fincher on Mindhunter at the 2017 LFF
The Seven and Zodiac director took to the stage at the BFI London Film Festival to discuss his latest riff on the serial-killer genre, working with actors and his changing attitude to the thematics of his films. By Kelli Weston.
Friday 27 October 2017 -
Can the crime film change its ways? The sway of the 1970s at the 2017 LFF
As the BFI begins a major season of thrillers, Christina Newland looks at the crime titles unveiled in the 2017 London Film Festival and wonders, given how many harked back to the 70s, how the genre can still ring the changes?
Friday 27 October 2017
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