FILMS OUT THIS WEEK

Jude Law plays Putin this week in The Wizard Of The Kremlin, while environmental disaster changes lives in Rebuilding - see what director Max Walker-Silverman told us about it. A man looks back on his failed relationships in Departures and a family is drawn into the history of a house in Colours of Time - we interviewed director Cédric Klapisch. A strange new family forms in Mirrors No. 3 - we spoke with director Christan Petzold - while an indigenous man and his white brother catch up in the wildly animated Endless Cookie. An older woman travels along the Amazon in The Blue Trail - director Gabriel Mascaro shared his thoughts - and a rapidly spready infection traps people in a supermarket in Itch! A man finds himself outside society in Camus adaptation The Stranger - we spoke with director François Ozon and stars Benjamin Voisin and Denis Lavant. Dundonian rappers pass themselves off as Americans in California Schemin', while a podcaster discovers disturbing audio files in The Undertone - read what director and star Ian Tuason & Nina Kiri had to say about it. Meanwhile, anime classic Akira bursts back onto the big screen and there are also rereleases for comedy Bridget Jones's Diary, and Rob Reiner's whimsical Stephen King adaptation Stand By Me. Subteranean documentary Underland is also still out on limited release.

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

Packshot of Ben-Hur on Blu-Ray Ben-Hur Blu-Ray Review
A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Packshot of Die, My Love on Die, My Love Streaming now on MUBI
A woman battles her demons.

FESTIVALS

We're bringing you news, reviews and interviews from the first of this year's big genre festivals, Fantaspoa, where Carrie is screening. We're also bringing you reviews from Visions du Réel and looking ahead to Cannes.

We still have reviews coming in from Overlook, BFI Flare, the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival and the Glasgow Film Festival.

News

Catching a wave Mark Jenkin on time travel, the cinema experience, and Rose Of Nevada

Stray cats Bruno Martín and Santiago Taboada on the grime and the glory of Luger

From the withered tree Taratoa Stappard on colonial hierarchies, Ariana Osborne and Marama

Behind the tsar Olivier Assayas on humanising history in The Wizard Of The Kremlin

Suppressed energy Toby Jones on crafting characters and his role in Mr. Burton

Final exit for France’s national treasure Nathalie Baye From Truffaut to Beauvois she relished playing 'dangerous women'

More news and features

We're bringing you news and reviews from Fantaspoa and Visions du Réel.



We're looking forward to the San Francisco Independent Film Festival and Cannes.



We've recently brought you coverage of Overlook, BFI Flare and SXSW, the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, the NY Rendezvous with French Cinema, the Glasgow Film Festival, the Berlinale, Sundance and Palm Springs.



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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest from the spring events:


Cannes 16 titles added to line-up


Cannes Critics' Week selection of first and second features announced


Cannes Acid sidebar announced


Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection


Cannes Payal Kapadia heads Critics' Week jury