Sundance remains one of the toughest festivals to truly predict – a smattering of unknown first-timers unfurling distributor-less films that are often shrouded in mystery
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Iranian Oscar nominee Mohammad Rasoulof: ‘After my arrest, I told myself: don’t hold back’
When mass protests erupted in Iran after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained for not properly wearing her hijab,
Oscars nominations 2025: Emilia Pérez breaks record with 13 as The Brutalist and Wicked both trail with 10
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard’s musical about a transgender gangster escaping from the mob in Mexico, has broken the record for the most Oscar nominations earned
Long-delayed DiCaprio/Scorsese serial killer film Devil in the White City back on track
The long-gestating period serial killer film The Devil in the White City, which for almost a decade has been a mooted collaboration between Leonardo DiCaprio
‘I was careful not to exploit the tears or the drama’: the director of Oscar-tipped Once Upon a Time in Ukraine on her powerful documentary
Director and producer Betsy West is best known for her lively, intimate portraits of remarkable women: her documentary RBG, for example, a profile of the
Stray Dog/High and Low review – Kurosawa lifts crime drama to astonishing new peaks
Akira Kurosawa’s scalding 1949 cop thriller Stray Dog (★★★★★), with its extended closeup shot of a mad dog snarling into the camera over the opening
Presence review – Soderbergh’s ghost’s-eye movie plays it cool with an unhappy family
Steven Soderbergh has made a ghost story with a screenplay from Hollywood veteran David Koepp. It sticks to a single location – the haunted family
Rave on for the Avon review – Bristol wild swimmers lead a joyful protest campaign
‘I’m just giving my poo a kiss before I go,” says Lindsey Cole, as she launches in the water to swim the Bristol channel wearing
Controversial French director Bertrand Blier dies at age 85
Bertrand Blier, the French film director with a long history of provocative offerings including Les Valseuses (Going Places), Tenue de Soirée (Evening Dress) and Trop
‘The hair, the voice, the casual cruelty – they nailed it!’ Bob Dylan experts rate A Complete Unknown
‘They got his green polka-dot blouse right’ Richard Williams, biographer If you’re the sort of Bob Dylan fan who knows stuff like the fate of