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

Packshot of Black Tuesday on Blu-Ray Black Tuesday Blu-Ray Review
A gangster and a bank robber escape from Death Row minutes before their scheduled execution by electric chair.
Packshot of Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials on Blu-Ray Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials Blu-Ray Review
The complete series Fantômas, Les Vampires, Judex and Tih-Minh.

FESTIVALS

We're bringing you news, reviews and more from Tallinn Black Nights, where Drowning Dry is screening. We're also covering DOC NYC, Leeds International Film Festival and Abertoir.

News

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

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