Contributor Charles Bramesco

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Festivals

Glasgow Film Festival has lined up a cavalcade of premieres for 2023

by Charles Bramesco

Adura Onashile's debut Girl will open the fest, and Nida Manzoor's Polite Society will close it out.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the pack of nominations for an unpredictable Oscars

by Charles Bramesco

All Quiet on the Western Front and the Banshees of Inisherin also came up big in this morning's announcement.
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Festivals

The Berlin Film Fest’s 2023 lineup includes Christian Petzold, Hong Sang-soo

by Charles Bramesco

President Kristen Stewart will also pass judgement on films by Matt Johnson and Angela Schanelec.
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With the 21st-century period piece, cinema writes the history books

by Charles Bramesco

Films like Uncut Gems, Hustlers, and Lady Bird help us make sense of a modern past.
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Puberty is an adventure in the Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret trailer

by Charles Bramesco

The Edge of Seventeen director Kelly Fremon Craig returns to the travails of adolescent girlhood.
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For Francis Ford Coppola, a production off the rails is right on track

by Charles Bramesco

His comeback picture Megalopolis has been marred by high-profile snafus — not that we'd expect anything less.
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Composer Michael Giacchino will turn director with a remake of sci-fi classic Them!

by Charles Bramesco

The Oscar-winning musician is planning a fresh take on the 1954 killer-ant B-picture.
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Top Ranking

LWLies’ favourite line readings of 2022

by Charles Bramesco

Our writers choose their favourite snippets of dialogue from this year's cinematic offerings, from the absurd to the hysterical.
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Michelle Williams just needs some hot water in the first Showing Up trailer

by Charles Bramesco

She plays a frustrated artist preparing for a show in Kelly Reichardt's wry, downbeat comedy.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s new film How Do You Live? will come to cinemas in 2023

by Charles Bramesco

Japanese theaters will get the anime master's latest in June.

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