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Horror gets real: the limits of fantasy at FrightFest 2019
Anton Bitel picks ten literal-horror highlights at this year’s genre showcase.
Sunday 18 August 2019 -
The bitter and the sweet: British features at Edinburgh 2019
The Scottish showcase is a traditionally a good place to see new work by up-and-coming UK directors. This year, the selection was decidedly mixed but contained a few triumphs and some promising debuts, reports Josh Slater-Williams.
Sunday 21 July 2019 -
The masks of Agnès: Varda’s self-portraits and performances on screen
Varda by Agnès, the director’s final film, offers another glimpse of her performative auteur persona – and continues her own tradition of conflating the roles of in front of and behind her camera, writes Brad Stevens.
Wednesday 17 July 2019 -
Rip Torn obituary: talent got trouble
The man whose arch grin in The Larry Sanders Show and Men in Black won audiences’ hearts had earlier razed a trail from Method player to Hollywood undesirable… and some of the most interesting curios of the 1970s American fringe, writes Paul Duane.
Tuesday 16 July 2019 -
Pierre Lhomme obituary: a DP and film lover, from the New Wave to Merchant Ivory
The maverick French cinematographer rose up with Chris Marker and the nouvelle vague, but expanded his horizons shooting for Jean-Pierre Melville, Robert Bresson, Jean Eustache and James Ivory, writes Geoffrey Macnab.
Monday 15 July 2019 -
“The chimney needs sweeping”: Luke Moody on the end of his tenure programming Sheffield Doc/Fest
As head programmer of Britain’s biggest documentary festival, Luke Moody tried to broaden the vision of the film programme beyond the trappings of traditional British factual broadcast TV. He tells Nick Bradshaw why he quit.
Friday 12 July 2019 -
From the Magazine
Documentaries without borders at Mexico’s roving Ambulante 2019
Mexico’s multi-location documentary showcase takes a bold and questioning approach to the film form and to the nature of festivals themselves, reports Sophie Brown.
Thursday 11 July 2019 -
Edith Scob obituary: an ethereal actress with a rich career in French art cinema
The refined star of cult films from Eyes Without a Face to Holy Motors made more than 100 movies as well as working in both avant-garde theatre and television, writes Ginette Vincendeau.
Wednesday 3 July 2019 -
Quick on the draw: the best animated shorts at Annecy Festival 2019
The experimentation possible in short film remains at the heart of the animation festival’s mission and this year, the programme contained excitingly vivid storytelling and innovative technique, reports Alex Dudok de Wit.
Friday 28 June 2019 -
Animated lives: five of the best features from Annecy Festival 2019
From ponderous pooches to battalions of bears, the latest crop of feature films from Annecy Film Festival combine astonishing visual worlds with engaging stories, further proving the limitless creative potential of animation. Alex Dudok de Wit picks his top five.
Friday 28 June 2019
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