FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
The true story of a talented boxer trapped in an abusive relationship is told this week in Christy, while an alcoholic lyricist has a crisis on opening night in Blue Moon. The further adventures of Eighties band Black Lace are revealed in Still Pushing Pineapples, animals have to make a dangerous trip between reserves in Rhino, and the visual language of true crime is explored in Zodiac Killer Project - see our interview with director Charlie Shackleton. We return to Oz with musical sequel Wicked: For Good, a runaway becomes obsessed with an actress in The Ice Tower and teenage Jesus faces temptation in The Carpenter's Son. A formidable Finn is hunted by a Red Army captain in Sisu: Road To Revenge. The story of pianist Nicky Hopkins is told in The Session Man and a bleak chapter in Irish history is exposed in Testimony - see our interview with director Aoife Kelleher.
Plus we have a great selection of streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven, and you can check out our semi-regular column, Eye For Books.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
The Big Blue
Blu-Ray Review
The Sweeney - The Complete Third Series
Blu-Ray Review
FESTIVALS
We're bringing you coverage of the French Film Festival UK, where Colours Of Time is screening. We still have reviews coming in from Thessaloniki Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and we've recently been at DOC NYC.
Bait for the beast Simon Panay on challenging attitudes to albino people in The Boy With White Skin
Ice cool Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani talk Reflection In A Dead Diamond
Songs and silence Urška Djukić on music, unspoken communication and Little Trouble Girls
The beauty of doubt Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia
Peter Hujar's Day leads Independent Spirit nominations Full list of film contenders revealed
One Battle After Another takes top Gotham prize It Was Just An Accident wins on the numbers
We're bringing you all the latest from the French Film Festival UK.
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