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10 great age-gap friendship films

As Late Fame arrives in cinemas, we revisit 10 films that explore the intergenerational dynamics of age-gap friendships, from Harold and Maude t…

Misericordia review: Alain Guiraudie’s loose morels

Guiraudie takes Hitchcock’s deadpan sensibility to another level with a genre-fluid crime story about murder, desire and suspicious mushrooms, s…

The Alto Knights review: showy double dose of De Niro

Barry Levinson’s take on a 1950s feud between mobsters Frank Costello and Vito Genovese has moments of wry humour, but the sheer De Niro-ness of…

Hot Milk review: Levy adaptation feels undercooked

Debut director Rebecca Lenkiewicz has a clear affinity with the material, but the interiority of Levy’s novel about a fraught mother-daughter ho…

10 great Bible films

From The Ten Commandments to The Gospel According to St Matthew: 10 biblical epics for Easter.

January review: a surreal Bulgarian chamber piece

Embellishing its oblique political allegory with a cavalcade of outré imagery, Andrey Paounov’s debut fiction feature is atmospherically captiva…

Crimes and misdemeanours: Liv Ullmann on Faithless

In our December 2000 issue, we heard from Liv Ullmann about directing a film from Ingmar Bergman’s semi-autobiographical screenplay.

Thessaloniki’s 61st film festival opened virtual doors

Like so many festivals this year, Thessaloniki’s online 2020 edition made the best of a sad hand.

What to watch at LFF: New extreme cinema

New orders, new extremities... Paul Ridd surveys a selection of the more disturbing offerings at this year's festival. These films offer their k…

Faces Places review: Agnès Varda pastes her playfulness over French landscapes

Teaming up with street artist JR, the legendary director goes in search of friends new and old in this intuitive caper, which veers between mome…