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Pioneering women at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2017

by Simran Hans

A programming strand dedicated to female perspectives was a highlight of this year’s festival.
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Suburbicon – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

George Clooney directs this timely and terrifically twisted fable set in 1950s suburban America.
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Lean on Pete – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Andrew Haigh’s beautifully crafted latest follows one boy’s journey of self-discovery across America.
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Every female director at the 2017 BFI London Film Festival

by Little White Lies

Films made by women make up a quarter of this year’s bumper programme.
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The Devil and Father Amorth – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

William Friedkin revisits his Exorcist franchise with a bizarre doc grounded more in melodrama than cold hard fact.
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Downsizing – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Alexander Payne’s gentle satire has a point to make about the state of the union – and the future of planet Earth.
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The 2017 BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced

by Little White Lies

Luca Guadagnino’s Call My by Your Name and Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water are among the highlights of the 61st LFF.
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The European film festival leading the fight for gender equality

by Tara Karajica

This year’s Sarajevo Film Festival presented over 50 films made by women.
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Exploring Brazilian cinema’s experimental side at the 70th Locarno Film Festival

by Matt Turner

Good Manners and Once it Was Brasilia were among the highlights of this year’s festival.
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Why Jacques Tourneur is a filmmaker for our troubled modern times

by Justine Smith

The French master’s work mirrors today’s climate of social anxiety, as revealed in a recent retrospective.