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A cursed teenager dreams of escape in Thanasis Neofotistos’ folkloric debut feature, The Boy with the Light-Blue Eyes. Set in aremote Greek mountain community governed by superstition, it follows Petros (Giorgos Karydis), asullen adolescent forced to wear protective goggles by his domineering grandmother and anxiously-devoted mother. The official explanation is that his eyes are dangerously

So far, so Spielberg – he sets the stage for an ambitious, epic, action-heavy story about agroup of do-gooders facing off against asinister corporation. But Koepp’s screenplay simply isn’t up to the task; tonally uneven with athinly-sketched religious subplot, the stilted dialogue gives the impression of awriter who’s never heard humans have aconversation before, much

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“I cannot send you aglacier, but at least Ican send you this.”Time and Water sets out its purpose early on. Directed by Sara Dosa, whose Oscar-nominatedFire of Love (2022) similarly transformed the natural world into something deeply human, this documentary arrives as amessage in abottle for future generations. Guided by the writings of Icelandic poet

A Michelin star can change arestaurant’s fortunes overnight, butFeast or Famine, adocumentary about the pursuit of that prestigious seal of approval, is more interested in the personal cost of trying to win one. Directors Adrian Choa and Michael Boccalini split their focus between the present-day efforts of Dalston restaurant Angelina to claim its first star,

The rich are revolting inSavage House, Peter Glanz’s powdered-wig satire of aristocratic rot that works best when it stops trying to befunny and allows the decay seep in. Set in 18th-century England against the backdrop of the Jacobite uprising and apox epidemic,the film follows Sir Chauncey Savage (Richard EGrant) and Lady Savage (Claire Foy), adebt-ridden

In his narrative poem ​‘The Divine Comedy’, accepted to have been written between 1308 and 1321 and widely considered to be the most influential work of Italian literature, Dante Alighieri set out astriking vision of the afterlife which changed literature forever. In Julian Schnabel’s 2025 adaptation of Nick Tosches’ ​‘In the Hand of Dante’, inspired

There’s aterrific episode of The Simpsons in which Springfield is chosen as the shooting location for afilm adaptation of geek-favourite comic serial, ​‘Radioactive Man’. Much of the funniest material concerns the town cynically sacrificing its cultural identity to extract any and all cash from the Hollywood talent’s extended stay. To some extent, the indie dramedy

From these silent rooms, enclosed interiors, and coded meeting points, the festival​’s first half began to feel less like asequence of screenings than aseries of negotiations over how desire becomes legible. These negotiations would continue elsewhere in the programme, where questions of family, visibility, and recognition returned in more intimate, and sometimes more painful, forms.

Jacques Rivette occupies adistinctive place within the French New Wave. His films are characterised by the patience afforded to their duration, not to mention their philosophical ambition. In alate interview with Hélène Frappat, Rivette made this dimension explicit, claiming that there was ​“nothing more important than what we call metaphysics”, and citing philosophical heavyweights such

Mere weeks later and only one week into shooting, director Mary Lambert (who had been brought in to replace Ross) was also let go, in part because she was changing production details that Prince had already approved. Costume designer Marie France recalled one such instance when, days before shooting Mary Sharon’s birthday scene, Lambert directed

he tragic context behind this film is compounded by the fact that it is avery lovely film. Veteran French director and Palme d’Or-winner Laurent Cantet died during production and the reins were passed over to his friend and colleague Robin Campillo. Just speculating here, but had Cantet lived to complete the film and delivered something

Although their budgets and cinematic ethos are markedly different, there really aren’t that many degrees of separation between British experimental filmmaker Ben Rivers and Hollywood titan Christopher Nolan. They both relish the tactile textures of celluloid. They are both masters in the art of fusing images and sound, particularly music. They are both avowedly modern

Like an irksome stinging insect nonetheless vital to controlling excess animal population, the Scary Movie franchise serves aworthy function in agreater cultural ecosystem that continues to churn out multiplex fare begging to be spoofed. It’s been thirteen years since the last send-up – which, with its distinct lack of Wayanses as well as series leads

The British Film Institute was following asimilar trail of hyperlinks. Kitty Robertson, an assistant curator at the BFI National Archive, has been part of atwo-year heritage project supported by the BFI Screen Heritage Fund, which has acquired online moving image work at amajor scale. ​“We’ve brought in over 400 online videos, covering work from the

In aflour mill, ayoung girl in pigtails winnows wheat when her manager drunkenly stumbles into frame. The camera cuts to his shoe sinking into soft mounds of fine grain. Against those same piles, he rapes her while wheat rains down on their bodies. This is how Julie becomes asociety girl. Society Girl, Sangeeta’s 1976 directorial

A T&M Cannes Film Festival Special #2 On Truth & Movies this week, Hannah Strong reports live from the Cannes film festival with Rafa Sales Ross and Mark Asch, discussing Minotaur, La Bola Negra, Na Hong-jin’s Hope and more… On Truth &Movies this week, Hannah Strong reports live from the Cannes film festival with Rafa

In the opening refrain of Ido Fluk’s Köln 75, music journalist Michael Watts (Michael Chernus) addresses the audience and compares Keith Jarrett’s seminal jazz concert of the film’s title to the Sistine Chapel. Given the concert spawned arecording that became the bestselling solo jazz album of all time, it’s perhaps not an unfair comparison. However,

In Olivia Laing’s ​’The Lonely City’, they eloquently stated, ​”I wanted very much not to be where Iwas… the feelings Ihad were so raw and overwhelming that Ioften wished Icould find away of losing myself altogether.” Charli XCX stars as restless spirit Bethany, who when on holiday with her partner Rob (Will Madden) in Warsaw,

Hacks contains multitudes; at once it’s agiddy comedy, an unpredictable drama, and an endlessly fruitful sitcom, but more than anything,Hacks is alove story. Across five seasons, the personal and professional relationship of Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and AvaDaniels(Hannah Einbinder) has been the beating heart of the show. So much so, their relationship may just be