Film festivals
Tragic Jungle (Selva Trágica)
Banshees. Succubi. Mermaids. No man can resist the deadly temptation of falling under the spell of these mythological…
By Sean GallenSpecial
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Venice
Mandibules, an interview with director Quentin Dupieux: “I’d rather make tonnes of small movies than work five years on a big budget”
When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they…
By Filippo L'Astorina
Film festivals
Samp
What makes a trash film like Samurai Cop or The Toxic Avenger a cult classic? Is it a…
By Sean Gallen
Venice
In Between Dying (Səpələnmiş ölümlər arasında)
Ever since Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving in 2006, seizing the opportunity to tell the police…
By Oliver Johnston
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Shorta
There’s a timely eeriness to the events and themes masterfully depicted in Shorta, screening as part of the…
By Oliver Johnston
Venice
Genus Pan (Lahi, Hayop)
Lav Diaz makes long, slow films. The first point is difficult to dispute while the second functions as…
By Joseph Owen
Film festivals
New Order (Nuevo Orden)
Streets are stained with blood and green paint during award-winning writer-director Michel Franco’s latest feature, New Order, a…
By Emma-Jane Betts
Venice
And Tomorrow the Entire World
It’s an amateur collective of Antifa hippies versus mobilised, brutish neo-nazis in German director Julia von Heinz’s And…
By Jake Cudsi
Venice
Romantic Guide to Lost Lands
As Benno, TV anchorman and dishevelled alcoholic, Clive Owen wears a little stud earring, a jacket and a…
By Joseph Owen
Live music
Kokoroko at the BBC Proms Online
London jazz band Kokoroko bring a West African-inspired show to the Royal Albert Hall stage for their Proms…
By Marissa Khaos