FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
A teenager uncovers a difficult past when meeting her grandparents this week in Romería, while a boy from a family of gangsters is taken in by actors in ]Kokuho. A dynamic teenager sets out to become a concert promoter on Köln 75 - see our conversation with subject Vera Brandes - while Miranda Priestly is up against the decline of print journalism in The Devil Wears Prada 2. A young boxer is sent reeling by an accident in Wild Foxes - we spoke with director Valéry Carnoy - and an actor seeks answers about her sister's death in I've Seen All I Need To See. There are big screen rereleases for creature feature Slither, science fiction tearjerker A.I., head-chopping immortal showdown Highlander, and Tom Cruise classic Top Gun.
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 Yeti
Streaming now on digital
The Shepherd And The Bear
Streaming now on Criterion Channel
FESTIVALS
We're bringing you news, reviews and interviews direct from the croisette as stars gather for the Cannes Film Festival, where The Electric Kiss was the opening film. We're also covering Queer East.
We still have reviews coming in from Visions du Réel, BFI Flare and the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival.
Going off-plan Ben Wheatley on early inspirations, developing his craft and making Normal
The accidental revolutionary Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue discuss artistic evolution and Blaise
Embracing complexity Nigel Santos on the messiness of real life romance, and Open Endings
Alone together Park Joon-ho on loneliness, North Korean experience, gay life and 3670
The destroyer of worlds Daniel Everitt-Lock on experiences of atomic testing and Our Planet, The People, My Blood
Taking the temperature Jacqueline Zünd on exploring the climate crisis through companion films Heat and Don't Let The Sun
We're bringing you news, reviews and more from Cannes and Queer East.
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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:
Cannes Paul Laverty, Demi Moore, Park Chan-Wook and others speak out
Cannes Honorary Palme d'Or for Peter Jackson
Cannes Festival to host 25th anniversary screening of The Fast And The Furious, as Classics also announced
Fantasia First wave of titles announced
Cannes Monia Chokri heads Caméra d’Or jury
Cannes Announces full jury
