FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
Ridley Scott returns to Rome with his sequel Gladiator II this week, while a family gets together for Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point and horror lurks beneath an ancestral house in Tumbbad. A neglected 12-year-old goes looking for adventure in Bird - see what director Andrea Arnold said about it - and jazz and decolonisation intertwine in Soundtrack To A Coup d'Etat. There's an exploration of masculinity in Silent Men and a dark fairytale is brought up to date in Piper - we spoke with director Anthony Waller. A Second World War veteran embarks on a journey in The Last Rifleman and an Irishman meets his American cousin in The Problem With People - we interviewed stars Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney. An 11-year-old goes on a quest with her failed stage magician father in Bookworm and a woman faces up to her partner's infidelity in Magpie. Meanwhile, a teenager is imprisoned by agoraphobia in Fright, Exhibition On Screen presents art documentary Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, and there's a big screen re-release for the original Point Break.
We also have a great selection of film and streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven. Plus read our selection of London Film Festival highlights.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
Black Tuesday
Blu-Ray Review
Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials
Blu-Ray Review
FESTIVALS
We're bringing you news, reviews and more from Tallinn Black Nights, where Pink Lady is screening. We're also covering DOC NYC, Leeds International Film Festival and Abertoir.
Man about town Gay Talese on Watching Frank, Frank Sinatra, and his latest book, A Town Without Time
Magnificent creatures Jayro Bustamante on giving the girls of Hogar Seguro a voice in Rita
A unified vision DOC NYC highlights and cinematographer Michael Crommett on Dan Winters: Life Is Once. Forever.
Poetry and loss Géza Röhrig on Terrence Malick, Josh Safdie, and Richard Kroehling’s After: Poetry Destroys Silence
'I’m still enjoying the process of talking about Julie and advocating for her silence' Leonardo van Dijl on Belgian Oscar nominee Julie Keeps Quiet
We're bringing you all the latest from Abertoir, DOC NYC and the Leeds International Film Festival.
We've recently covered the London Korean Film Festival, the Belfast Film Festival, Halloween Frightfest, the London Film Festival, Newfest, the New York Film Festival, the Scottish Queer international Film Festival, Beyond Fest, Grimmfest, San Sebastian, Fantastic Fest and the Toronto International Film Festival.
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