FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
The life of a woman who took the US president to court is explored this week in documentary Ask E. Jean, while an elderly man finds his late wife has returned to run the household and see off freeloading spectres in A Useful Ghost - see our interview with director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. A married mussel farmer finds love On The Sea - we spoke with director Helen Walsh and stars Barry Ward & Lorne MacFadyen. Meanwhile you can watch a hero undertake an epic journey in Christopher Nolan's take on The Odyssey.
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 and podcast.
DVD/STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
The Searchers
Blu-Ray Review
Saccharine
Streaming now on Shudder
FESTIVALS
We're bringing you news, reviews and interviews from the Fantasia International Film Festival, where Nameless is screening.
We're looking forward to Locarno Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival.
A heroine of the people Avid Liongoren on the Filipino animation industry and Zsazsa Zaturnnah
The girl who didn't want to be happy Julien Birban Levy on the spirit of Seoul and getting inside the head of Niko
Spirit of the art Takeru Shinozuka and Yoshihide Moriyama on animation and Foxing: Kitsuné-Tsuki
Colouring outside the lines Harrison Atkins on guerilla filmmaking, expanding options in cinema, and Sour Minnows
The yearning Corrin Evans, Lily Cowles, Jeff Wahlberg and Michael Vlamis on Corpus
Levelling up Saïd Boumazoughe and Bob Colaers about Attack On Paradise
We're bringing you news, reviews and more from the Fantasia International Film Festival.
We're looking forward to the Locarno Film Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
We've recently brought you coverage of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Muslim International Film Festival, Docs Ireland, Sheffield DocFest, ImagineNative, Tribeca, Cannes, Queer East, the San Francisco Independent Film Festival and Visions du Réel.
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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:
San Sebastian Leigh, Naishtat and Larraín among those joining line-up
Fantasia Nighborn is Cheval Noir Best Film; full list of award winners announced
Frightfest Full line-up announced
Sarajevo Festival to honour Asghar Farhadi and present tribute programme
Locarno Juries announced
