FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
The King of Rohan makes a desperate stand this week in The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim, and an arch enemy is back in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. The orphan son of a cartel gunman strives to escape his father's fate in Sujo and a Spider-man villain's origins are explored in Kraven The Hunter - read what star Alessandro Nivola had to say. Luca Guadagnino adapts William S Burroughs' Queer, leaked police interrogation tapes reveal a different side to Benjamin Netanyahu in The Bibi Files, and Japanese women's lives are explored in Remembering Every Night - we interviewed director Yui Kiyohara. A disabled wrestler chases his dream in Unstoppable, a funeral brings family secrets to the fore in On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, and world leaders have a strange encounter in Rumours - see what director Guy Maddin had to say about it. The work of Ukrainian artists is explored in Porcelain War, a film studio is celebrated in Merchant Ivory, and a teacher's attitude to food becomes dangerous in Club Zero - we spoke with director Jessica Hausner. Himalayan moths feature in Nocturnes, all the game world's a stage in Grand Theft Hamlet, and a woman's dislike of domesticity takes a strange turn in Nightbitch, plus there's a fresh appearance for Dune: Part Two in IMAX.
We also have a great selection of Christmas film and streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
Hitchcock: The Beginning
Blu-Ray Review
Scrap
Streaming now on Amazon Prime
FESTIVALS
As we near the end of the year, we're highlighting some of the films that are in awards contention, including Soundtrack To A Coup d'Etat, which is on the Oscars shortlist. We've also still got reviews and features coming in from Tallinn Black Nights.
About a bear Iain Gardner on immigration, community and A Bear Named Wojtek
Tests of love Dennis Iliadis and his star Konstantina Messini on twisty meet-the-parents thriller Buzzheart
You must remember this Loïc Espuche on childhood revulsion, shyness, shame, kissing and Yuck!
Lights and shadows Dustin Pittman with Ed Bahlman on Alan J Pakula, James Ivory, Brian De Palma and Jerry Schatzberg
Innocence lost Sebastián Parra R on growing up too fast and world building in Seed Of The Desert
Questlove film heads to Sundance A bumper year for star author and filmmaker
That's a wrap on festival coverage for 2024 now. We've recently covered DOC NYC, the French Film Festival UK, Tallinn Black Nights, the Leeds International Film Festival, Abertoir, the London Korean Film Festival, the Belfast Film Festival and Halloween Frightfest.
Looking a little further back, we were at 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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