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“I think a lot about death”: Carlos Marques-Marcet on end-of-life musical ‘There Will Be Dust’ 2ze4g
The TIFF Platform Award winner opens Valladolid before releasing in Spain in November
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Comment: Venice 2024 - The Films Are All Right 374u3p
Panic over a paucity of films due to the Hollywood strikes was papered-over by artistic director Alberto Barbera’s suavely-executed line-up
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‘Kneecap’ breaks £1m at UK-Ireland box office as ‘Alien: Romulus’ holds lead with £2m 1e193i
‘It Ends With Us’, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ hold well.
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Comment: five fall festival titles that will become awards contenders - and why 4q6d4t
Identifying the awards-season contenders from the bewildering array of films at this time of year means learning the rules of the game.
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Comment: Sex and politics reign at newsworthy Cannes 2024 2en72
Critical consensus – if you can ever find it – indicates it was a good year, even if reviews were rarely rapturous.
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Comment: the Independent Film Tax Credit is a victory for the UK industry 5d5a19
With the UK independent film industry getting a vote of confidence, what will emerge as the result of this victory?
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Comment: Bafta’s winning films are an optimistic vision of a global UK industry 214i3i
Box-office success for ’The Zone Of Interest’, ’Anatomy Of A Fall’ and ’All Of Us Strangers’ suggests the arthouse audience is back too.
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Comment: It is time for Bafta to rethink its jury interventions 6v5o35
Bafta should trust its reinvigorated hip and give them more of a vote.
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Venice’s Giornate degli Autori unveils 2023 line-up 2h4t6t
The films include Isabelle Huppert starrer ’Sidonie in Japan’ and a new short film by Celine Sciamma.
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Italy’s Cinecittà Studios scales back expansion plans (exclusive) 473m5q
Legendary Rome production facility had planned to acquire 76-acre plot of land next to studio.
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Comment: Venice line-up - ‘AI couldn’t make this up’ 2z3a3y
There’s a lot of baggage for one single festival to carry this year.
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Guest comment: “The film production sector must adopt kinder working conditions for all - especially those with disabilities” 5k736t
Theo Rintoul is a UK videographer who suffers from autoimmune disease.
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Comment: Cannes' 2023 selection was inspired but festival struggled with logistics 3q1n6d
You can be too successful, as Cannes discovered in its 76th edition.
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Comment: Old and new filmmakers to rub shoulders at appealing Cannes 2023 2n3r5s
Exciting voices take their place in Competition alongside familiar names.
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Comment: Don’t blame Bafta. The entire industry needs to reconsider what is an “awards film” 713f
”Sitting around pointing fingers at Bafta is a comfortable factory setting and it fundamentally changes nothing.”
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What do the Bafta Film Awards mean for the Oscars? 5p3l6r
Is the momentum now with ’All Quiet On The Western Front ’and Austin Butler?
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Guest comment: “Why are so few Black people in positions of power in the arthouse film PR sector?” 61626f
Mia Farrell is a freelance film PR, working between the UK and US.
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Comment: Edinburgh’s collapse shows why a long-term strategy is vital - and no festival is safe 693o48
The demise of Scotland’s leading cinemagoing body, the CMI, taking with it a festival and two cinemas, tells us good governance matters.
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Awards race comes into sharp focus as the dust settles on Venice and Toronto 541h36
With just a few high-profile releases left to come, some sure-fire contenders for best picture have made their presence felt.
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Comment: our chief film critic’s five key takeaways from Cannes 75 k36f
Screen reviewed every title in Official Selection, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week.