FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
A Japanese childhood is remembered this week in Little Amélie, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck take on aliens in Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up, and an Iraqi girl faces a see,ingly impossible challenge in The President's Cake - we spoke with director Hasan Hadi. Palestinian parents try to make sense of the loss of their son in All That’s Left Of You, two young men meet in a support group in Twinless, and rewilding in Ariège is explored in The Shepherd And The Bear - see our interview with director Max Keegan. A writer overcomes a difficult childhood in The Chronology Of Water and stories are used to fend off seduction in 100 Nights Of Hero.
In addition to the above, we have a great selection of streaming suggestions in our Stay-at-Home Seven, and there's more to explore in our Eye for books column.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
The Last Sacrifice
Streaming now on Shudder
The Practice
Streaming now on MUBI
FESTIVALS
We're bringing you news and features from Berlin Film Festival, where Bucks Harbor, is screening. We still have reviews coming in from Sundance and Rotterdam.
Shades of the morning Natasha Kermani on survival in dark times and The Dreadful
'All of us can relate to being alone' Louis Paxton on isolation, animation and folklore in The Incomer
Swapping the narrative Amanda Kramer on giving her body-switch film By Design a modern twist
'I love murkiness where no one's good or bad' Zak Hilditch on making modern zombie film We Bury The Dead
'Children can understand a lot more than we think..' The makers of Little Amélie on why perceptions about animation are changing
Frederick Wiseman dies Filmmaker of rare vision passes away at 96
We're currently bringing you news, reviews and more direct from the Berlinale.
We're looking forward to the Glasgow Film Festival.
We've recently brought you coverage of Sundance, Palm Springs, the French Film Festival UK, Thessaloniki Film Festival, DOC NYC, and the Leeds International Film Festival.
Read our full archive for more.
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As we move into 2026, don't forget that you can follow us on YouTube for trailers of festival films and more. You can also find us on Mastodon and Bluesky.
With awards season in full flow, you can keep track of the latest news on that here:
Independent Spirit Awards Train Dreams is Best Picture
César nominations Nouvelle Vague leads the race for France's biggest awards
BAFTA nominations One Battle After Another and Sinners almost neck and neck
Oscars Sinners dominates the nominations
