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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Bill Paxton obituary: “the one who wasn’t Tom Hanks or Kevin Bacon”
From supporting roles in the likes of Near Dark, Apollo 13 and most of the films of his friend James Cameron to his indie star turns in One False Move and A Simple Plan, Bill Paxton was a reliably colourful complement to an impressive tally of American movies, says Trevor Johnston.
Friday 3 March 2017 -
A square. A screen. A stage to the world
Bridging Iran and Hollywood with a screening of Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman on a rainy Oscar night in Trafalgar Square, the UK seemed open to complexity, community and connections, writes Sophie Mayer.
Friday 3 March 2017 -
Suzuki Seijun obituary: Japanese cinema’s dazzler of the deep Bs
The director of such gonzo genre whammies as Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill made his way to the wild side, first within the Japanese studio system, then without it, records Tony Rayns.
Wednesday 1 March 2017 -
DeKalb Elementary and Green Screen Gringo: two of the best from Clermont-Ferrand 2017
Two of the major winners at this year’s Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival showed that even the smallest films can engage with global concerns – from gun violence in schools to political unrest in Brazil, writes Laurence Boyce.
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