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Eye for FilmUKPrison memories by Amber Wilkinson Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan in Frank & Louis. Morgan says: 'I showed up prepared and really wanting to be honest, to put a human being on, on screen, and not a caricature' Photo: Zodiac Pictures Ltd/Frank & Louis La
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Eye for FilmUKThe Girl With The Leica - Amber Wilkinson - 20493 In 1937, Gerda Taro became the first photojournalist to die on a battlefield, killed as she attempted to cover the Spanish Civil War. She was just 26. This, in many ways, however, is not that story, since filmmaker Alina
Eye for FilmUKMisfit on the margins by Amber Wilkinson Larissa Corriveau on Nobody's Violence: 'This character is one of the most difficult I’ve had to play' Photo: Courtesy of Locarno Film Festival Nobody’s Violence (Violence Du Corps De l'Autre) follows Mira (Larissa Corri
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Eye for FilmUKHouse Of The Wind - Edin Custo - 20492 The personal odysseys young people undertake to new countries in search of a better life have proven fertile ground for contemporary arthouse cinema. But what about those who are left behind? Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yangh
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Eye for FilmUKFaces Of Death - Jennie Kermode - 20491 It’s a natural instinct in most animals to want to pay attention to things that are disturbing or horrific, even if doing so is distressing. We need understanding in order to protect ourselves. These days there are alway
Eye for FilmUKA family affair by Amber Wilkinson Ashgan El-Hamus rehearsed a lot with the children in Al Baraneya so they 'felt comfortable being themselves in front of us' Al Baraneya transports us to rural Egypt, where Amal (Reem Amer) lives with three generations of
Eye for FilmUKOne Battle After Another wins again by Amber Wilkinson - 2026-09-03 09:36:35+00:00 One Battle After Another wins FIPRESCI Grand Prix One Battle After Another , directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, been voted best film of 2026 by the members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, winnin
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Eye for FilmUKI Plant My Hand In The Garden - Edin Custo - 20490 Boris Hadžija and Hoda Taheri refuse to be defined by the cinematic and narrative traditions of their respective cultures. Their feature debut treats reality as being just as fluid as gender or sexuality. Playing version
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Eye for FilmUKThe Lost Son - Marko Stojiljkovic - 20489 With his Toronto -premiered feature debut Consequences (2018), Slovenian filmmaker Darko Štante enjoyed plenty of festival exposure by Slovenian standards. The reason for that might be a bit of a misunderstanding between
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Eye for FilmUKAl Baraneya - Amber Wilkinson - 20488 Ashgan El-Hamus wraps us in the warm tumble of life of a single Egyptian family in her feature debut, which though fictional is underpinned by a strong scaffolding of truth. The title refers to the village where Amal (Re
Eye for FilmUKNaomi Watts to receive Donostia Award by Amber Wilkinson - 2026-09-02 17:18:15+00:00 Naomi Watts to receive Donostia Award Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival Naomi Watts is to be honoured at the upcoming San Sebastian Film Festival with a Donostia Award in recognition of her lifetime of work.
Eye for FilmUKEnd credits for perfectionist who made Cyrano by Richard Mowe Jean-Paul Rappeneau in 2018 at the French Film Festival UK Photo: Richard Mowe Famed and universally fêted French director and screenwriter Jean-Paul Rappeneau, who was known internationally for his 1990 Oscar-nominated
Eye for FilmUKOutsider in a Mad world by Richard Mowe Bart Simpson: 'With something this dense I felt an imperative to keep the story simple' Photo: Aconite Productions When he was growing up in Victoria in British Columbia filmmaker Bart Simpson was a big fan of comic stri
Eye for FilmUKLondon Film Festival announces full programme by Amber Wilkinson - 2026-09-02 10:31:37+00:00 High flyers Wildwood and Ray Gunn will have their world premieres at LFF Photo: Courtesy of London Film Festival The full line-up of this year's BFI London Film Festival has been announced, with world premieres including
Eye for FilmUKA little rock n' roll by Paul Risker Valley View Motel American directors Nick Psinakis and Kevin Ignatius' neo-noir crime thriller Valley View Motel is set in 1977. After a diamond heist goes wrong, Cliff (Ignatius) and Reg (Soulo Smith), with a bag full o
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Eye for FilmUKFull Moon Rising - Jennie Kermode - 20487 Have you ever watched a Charles Band film? Let me put it another way: did you, at any point in the last 50 years, ever rent a cheesy horror film based on the title alone? If so, the chances are that you have watched a Ch
Eye for FilmUKStay-at-Home Seven: August 31 to September 7 by Amber Wilkinson, Jennie Kermode The African Queen The African Queen , noon, Sky Arts, Monday, August 31 Start you week right by taking a delightful Oscar-winning river trip. Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn play a chalk and cheese gin-loving sailo
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Eye for FilmUKValley View Motel - Jennie Kermode - 20486 “This is a true story,” says the onscreen message at the start of Kevin Ignatius and Nick Psinakis’ latest Frightfest contribution “...sort of.” Exactly what true story it pertains to is not quite clear – it could be the
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Eye for FilmUKBunny Rabbit - Jennie Kermode - 20485 Post-apocalyptic worlds, we are always told, are dangerous for women, and even more so for teenage girls. Everybody with power wants to hurt them. Their best bet is to find one strong man to whom they can trade sex for p
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Eye for FilmUKDracula: The Night Around Us - Jennie Kermode - 20484 One of the qualities of the great novels is that their plots have the potential to be reworked in a multitude of ways without depleting their essence. I maintain that nobody who can’t make Dune work on an empty soundstag
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