FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
Timothée Chalamet plays the young Bob Dylan this week in A Complete Unknown, and a former crusader stands up for the common people in William Tell. A stranger's arrival complicates life in an Alpine village in Vermiglio and a young woman seeks sensual encounters in Hong Kong in Emmanuelle. Mismatched cousins take a trip through Poland in A Real Pain, Angeline Jolie plays a famous diva in Maria, and a desperate young woman uncovers a shocking secret in The Girl With The Needle. Nicole Kidman plays a CEO embarking on a steamy affair with a young intern in Babygirl, while another middle-aged woman reignites her sex life through a dating app in It's Raining Men - director Caroline Vignal shared her thoughts. A family holiday leads to bloodshed in Get Away - see our interviews with director and stars Steffen Haars, Maisie Ayres and Sebastian Croft and writer and star Nick Frost and Aisling Bea - while terror stalks a remote Icelandic fishing station in The Damned - we spoke with director Thordur Palsson - and clues to our future are found in the past in Architecton, plus there are big screen re-releases for David Fincher's serial killer thriller Se7en and classic adventure yarn Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter.
In addition to this, we have a great selection of streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven, plus a Streaming Spotlight on films featuring inspirational teachers.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
FESTIVALS
Remembering the inimitable David Lynch, we have a little flavour of Mulholland Drive.
We kicked off our festival coverage for 2025 with reviews from Palm Springs, and we're looking forward to Sundance.
The unforgettable David Lynch Family says “keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole”
Fear of the other Thordur Palsson on guilt, hunger and working with Odessa Young on The Damned
"A kind of anti-Madame Bovary" Caroline Vignal on celebrating pleasure and ordinary bodies in It's Raining Men
The mongoose and the snake Adam J Graves on bringing a hidden side of Delhi to the screen in Anuja
Pushing boundaries Torill Kove on family relationships, different worlds and Maybe Elephants
Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95 Family pay tribute to 'loving and deeply inclusive' star
We're looking forward to Sundance
We've recently brought you coverage of Palm Springs, DOC NYC, the French Film Festival UK, Tallinn Black Nights, the Leeds International Film Festival, Abertoir, the London Korean Film Festival and the Belfast Film Festival.
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