It seems that Jacques Audiard’s latest film Rust and Bone cannot avoid comparisons to Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s Untouchable. They were the two main contenders for France’s submission for the foreign-language feature Oscar with the committee ultimately being dazzled by the impressive world-wide gross of the latter rather than…
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If you take a quick look at this year’s programme, you will see that it has undergone some significant changes – it’s only 12 days long (instead of its usual 16 days duration) and the French Revolution section is no more – but there is no reason to panic. The shorter…
Diversity is one of the major selling points for attending a film festival. Take away though, all the films that focus on dysfunctional families, awkward romances and the tranquillity of youth and the line-up of even major film festivals becomes significantly slimmer. Raindance Film Festival is an exciting exception. Ever…
The summer weather that has finally come to the UK (a month before the beginning of autumn) has been a blessing not just for sports fans who can go to Greenwich Park and enjoy the thrills that the Olympic Equestrian competitions will undoubtedly provide but also for all those film…
If you are trying to break into the shorter narrative film world you had better make a beeline for Soho this month. The Rushes Short Film Festival is an annual event that offers a wealth of knowledge for any budding filmmaker, whatever your discipline. The award side of the festival…
Italy’s economy may be suffering at the moment, but it appears that its film industry is going for strength to strength. Now in its second year and under the new title ‘Cinema Made in Italy’, this Italian film festival in London showcases the latest Pasolini’s in the making. The festival…