Film festivals
Sharp Stick
The art of portraying vacuous characters on screen is a tricky beast. The best examples manage to remove…
By Matthew McMillanSpecial
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Cannes
Leila’s Brothers: An interview with Saeed Roustayi
After his second feature, Just 6.5, was part of Venice’s Orrizonti section in 2019, and nominated alongside Drive My…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
Plan 75: An interview with director Chie Hayakawa
In 2018, Chie Hayakawa contributed a short film entitled Plan 75 to the anthology feature Ten Years Japan.…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
Falcon Lake: An interview with director Charlotte Le Bon
Charlotte Le Bon is a familiar name to audiences of French film (for example, the 2014 biopic Yves…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
“How to make a genuine portrait of life”: An interview with the stars of Leila’s Brothers
Iranian filmmaker Saeed Roustayi’s third feature was invited into the Official Competition of the 75th edition of the…
By Selina Sondermann
Film festivals
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Emma Thompson is Nancy, a widow in her 50s. The former religious education teacher has always had misgivings…
By Selina Sondermann
Film festivals
Brian and Charles
Adapted from the award-winning short of the same name, Brian and Charles is the brainchild of director Jim…
By Matthew McMillan
Cannes
“It’s never as I planned it to be, but that’s the point. I like that”: An interview with Marie Kreutzer, director of Corsage
After a German television series released shortly before Christmas – a time ripe with reruns of the 1950s…
By Selina Sondermann
Live music
Madness headline Jubilation Festival at Brockwell Park
What better way to mark the start of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations than a music festival in…
By Sarah Bradbury
Cannes
Smoking Causes Coughing (Fumer Fait Tousser)
Benzene, Nicotine, Ammonia, Mercury and Methanol make up the Tobacco Force, a group of avengers fighting crime, their…
By Selina Sondermann