FILMS OUT THIS WEEK
This week documentary Our Planet, The People, My Blood looks at the legacy of nuclear testing - we interviewed director Daniel Everitt-Lock - while the Exhibition on Screen team looks at the life and work of Frida Kahlo. A teenager uncovers a difficult past when meeting her grandparents in Romería, while a boy from a family of gangsters is taken in by actors in Kokuho. Meanwhile there are big screen rereleases for science fiction tearjerker A.I., head-chopping immortal showdown Highlander, Aussie cultural horror classic Wake In Fright and Tom Cruise classic Top Gun, plus sequel Top Gub: Maverick - read what Tom Cruise had to say about it.
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
Departures
Streaming now on Apple, BFI Player
Snake Outta Compton
Streaming now on Amazon Prime
FESTIVALS
We're bringing you news, reviews and interviews direct from the croisette as stars gather for the Cannes Film Festival, where Dua screened. We're also covering Queer East.
We still have reviews coming in from Visions du Réel, BFI Flare and the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival.
Same movie, different mode James Gray, Miles Teller and Adam Driver discuss making Paper Tiger
Spectators Marie Kreutzer, Léa Seydoux, Laurence Rupp and Catherine Deneuve on Gentle Monster
Conflicted characters Alexis Manenti on Too Many Beasts and Flesh And Fuel
Love, not reason Pawel Pawlikowski, Sandra Hüller, August Diehl and Hanns Zischler discuss Fatherland
The monstrosity of the form Katie Aselton and Mark Duplass on relatable storytelling and Magic Hour
Once Upon A Time In Gaza is Arab Critics Awards winner Full results announced in Cannes
We're bringing you news, reviews and more from Cannes and Queer East.
We've recently brought you coverage of the San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Visions du Réel, Fantaspoa, 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.
Read our full archive for more.
Visit our festivals section.
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.
It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:
Cannes John Travolta receives honorary Palme d'Or
Cannes Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma team takes to the stage
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
