Contributor Katie Goh

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Festivals

At Sheffield Doc/Fest, filmmakers reflect on the war in Ukraine

by Katie Goh

The challenges and ethics of showing life in an active conflict zone were a key theme of the festival's 2022 edition.
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Interviews

George MacKay: ‘I find the development of morality fascinating’

by Katie Goh

One of the UK’s most promising young actors reveals how contemporary politics influenced his role in Munich: The Edge of War.
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Festivals

10 independent gems from the BFI London Film Festival 2021

by Katie Goh

A selection of our favourite under-the-radar highlights from this year’s LFF to add to your viewing calendar.
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A new documentary explores Scotland’s climate crisis history

by Katie Goh

With Living Proof: A Climate Story, director Dr Emily Munro hopes to inspire change by looking to the past.
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Review

The Deer King

by Katie Goh

Studio Ghibli alums Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji channels Princess Mononoke in their visually striking “medical fantasy”.

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Review

Prince of Muck

by Katie Goh

Cindy Jansen’s intriguing documentary chronicles one man’s life on one of Scotland’s most remote islands.

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Festivals

This new documentary is Afghanistan’s answer to Boyhood

by Katie Goh

My Childhood, My Country sees filmmaker Phil Grabsky and journalist Shoaib Sharifi capture a young man’s life.
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Festivals

Uprising is an urgent, emotional account of a national tragedy

by Katie Goh

Steve McQueen and James Rogan’s three-part docuseries examines three pivotal events from 1981.
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Review

The World to Come

by Katie Goh

Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby forge a connection on the American frontier in Mona Fastvold’s period romance.

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Festivals

A new film explores the history of queer women on television

by Katie Goh

Gabrielle Zilkha’s documentary Queering the Script looks at how fans have fought for more diverse representation.
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Review

Proxima

by Katie Goh

Director Alice Winocour and star Eva Green deliver a moving addition to the parent-in-space genre.

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Two young people, a man with short hair and a woman with long, curly red hair, smiling and looking at each other on a city street.
Review

How to Build a Girl

by Katie Goh

Beanie Feldstein brings bags of charm to this deft adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s coming-of-age novel.

3
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3
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