Festivals

A brilliant film about pregnancy plays at IndieLisboa

By Josh Slater-Williams

Olmo and the Seagull deserves its comparison to Rosemary’s Baby, despite being a very different beast.

King Cobra – first look review

By Ed Gibbs

This darkly comic factual drama hits all the right notes thanks to inspired turns from Christian Slater and James Franco.

All We Had – first look review

By Ed Gibbs

Katie Holmes puts in a memorable shift as a struggling single mom in her impressive directorial debut.

Five award-winning Iranian directors you should know about

By Sarah Jilani

Despite facing severe restrictions Iran’s most important filmmakers continue to give its people a voice.

Alejandro Jodorowsky has a new film at Cannes

By Adam Chapman

The veteran filmmaker’s Kickstarter-funded Endless Poetry will premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight.

Adult Life Skills – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Rachel Tunnard’s impressive debut feature takes a lighter look at the stresses of modern living.

Cannes 2016: Line-up announced

By David Jenkins

Steven Spielberg, Nicolas Winding Refn and Jim Jarmusch are among those with new films at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.

The unlikely rise of the Free Film Festivals

By Sam Thompson

Ever wanted to start your own film festival? All you need is an empty space and a little community spirit.

Why the Tribeca Film Festival was right to pull Vaxxed

By Chris Barsanti

Serious question marks remain over the agenda of Andrew Wakefield’s anti-vaccination documentary.

A new film festival is putting marginalised people at the centre of the conversation

By Giovanni Vimercati

Themes of social displacement and isolation will be explored in the documentary series ‘Frames of Representation’.

Woody Allen’s Café Society to open the 69th Cannes Film Festival

By Little White Lies

Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg star in the writer/director’s upcoming period romance.

Join us at Green Man for a weekend festival of film and music

By Little White Lies

High-Rise, Green Room and a Late Night David Bowie Disco all feature on the LWLies Cinedrome bill.

Beware the Slenderman – first look review

By Sophie Charara

A sinister internet phenomenon is unpacked in this intensely chilling cautionary tale documentary.

Discover this lost Filipino classic at the 2016 Essay Film Festival

By David Jenkins

Perfumed Nightmare is the hilarious and shocking story of extreme culture clash in the late 1970s.

Why should we engage with films about suffering?

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A new film, PS Jerusalem, asks some difficult questions about the way we consume stories of socially marginalised people.

20 films we’d like to see at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

By David Jenkins

Could Pedro Almodòvar, the Dardennes brothers and Nicolas Winding Refn be in contention for the Palme d’Or this year?

Family fragments and domestic disruptions at Glasgow FrightFest

By Anton Bitel

Norwegian disaster movie The Wave was among the highlights of Scotland’s annual carnival of genre.

A Quiet Passion – first look review

By Adam Woodward

A stunning performance from Cynthia Nixon anchors Terence Davies’ unromantic portrait of reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson.

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