Movies
Short Films in Focus: Busy Bodies (with Kate Renshaw-Lewis)
Kate Renshaw-Lewis’ “Busy Bodies” is the kind of film I love to program for a shorts block, but it’s not the easiest to write about. Six minutes long, abstract, and open to interpretation, the film is a compelling, weird...
TV Shows
All the US dramas you can watch on UK services: 10-16 October
We've all faced the disappointment of finding a US drama we really want to watch, only for it not to be available in the UK.The US is constantly creating must-see entertainment content and you might be thinking that these...
Movies
Apple TV’s “Small Prophets” Finds the Magic in Yearning
What’s more human than yearning? Not much, as the prescient British series “Small Prophets” illustrates across its tight six-episode first season.The premise goes like this: Michael Sleep (a sardonic and kind Pearce Quigley) is waiting for his partner Clea...
Movies
The Possibility of Forgiveness: Reed Van Dyk, Boyd Holbrook, Hiam Abbass, and Kenneth Branagh on “Atonement”
From the opening moments of director Reed Van Dyk’s “Atonement,” the film subverts tropes and expands what war films (and their harrowing aftermath) can be. Shot on a warm, 16mm film by cinematographer Jon Peter, the film opens with...
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Protests sweep France, as student walkouts tap into public discontent
A nationwide day of protest follows more than two weeks of demonstrations and blockades over school conditions. More than...