Contributor Adam Woodward

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Interviews

Kirsten Johnson: ‘I was asking cinema to keep my dad alive’

by Adam Woodward

The documentary maker attempts to cheat death with her life-affirming latest, Dick Johnson Is Dead.
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Festivals

Tricia Tuttle on what to expect from the 64th BFI London Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

The Festival Director speak about putting together the most accessible, expansive LFF programme yet.
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Review

White Riot

by Adam Woodward

The story of how Rock Against Racism combatted fascism in ’70s Britain has some disturbing contemporary parallels.

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International Cinema Day, 12 September 2020

On International Cinema Day, support a movie theatre you love

by Adam Woodward

On Saturday 12 September, join in celebrating independent cinemas everywhere.
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Review

Tenet

by Adam Woodward

A stoppable force meets an infinitely movable object in Christopher Nolan’s continuum-shattering sci-fi thriller.

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Creative Resilience

The production designer who finds inspiration on the open road

by Adam Woodward

Surviving the perils of solo creativity is tough. In the latest instalment of our series supporting artists through lockdown, Malin Lindholm reveals how she’s continued to feed her wanderlust and her reactive process during the pandemic.
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Incoming

Watch the first trailer for moving British drama Body of Water

by Adam Woodward

Lucy Brydon’s debut feature explores the impact of an eating disorder on a family.
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Festivals

Chloé Zhao, Gia Coppola and Michel Franco head up Venice Film Festival 2020

by Adam Woodward

La Biennale’s 77th edition will go ahead as planned, with one of the festival’s most eclectic line-ups in years.
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Creative Resilience

The costume designer dyeing to make film more sustainable

by Adam Woodward

Surviving the perils of solo creativity is tough. In the latest instalment of our series supporting artists through lockdown, Jo Thompson explains why she’s ditching synthetics for natural products.
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Review

Carmine Street Guitars

by Adam Woodward

Director Ron Mann takes us on an intimate tour of a legendary Greenwich Village music shop.

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