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God’s Own Country to open the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival

by Amy Bowker

Francis Lee’s festival darling comes home to be a part of the UK’s oldest film festival.
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The European film festival putting Asian cinema on the map

by Joji Sakurai

The tiny Italian city of Udine once again welcomed the biggest names in the Asian film industry.
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Is this the weirdest series of films ever made?

by Matt Turner

Matthew Barney’s The Cremaster Cycle makes for a uniquely strange and self-indulgent viewing experience.
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The Public Image is Rotten – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols career is examined in this intimate doc that proves as frustrating as it is fascinating.
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A Ghost Story to close Sundance Film Festival: London 2017

by Little White Lies

David Lowery’s haunting drama is among the highlights of this year’s programme.
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The Endless – first look review

by Anton Bitel

Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead serve up a meta meditation on cults in this smart genre-blurring thriller.
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New films by Claire Denis, Sean Baker and Abel Ferrara to debut in Cannes

by David Jenkins

The 2017 Directors’ Fortnight line-up is even more tantalising than the main Competition.
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The 2017 Cannes Film Festival line-up has been announced

by David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos, Bong Joon-ho and Sofia Coppola all have films in the main competition.
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Blurred realities at CPH:DOX 2017

by Matt Turner

This year’s festival boasted ground-breaking cinematic experiments which offered reflections on our digital age.
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The halting nature of desire at BFI Flare 2017

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Bold expressions of queer passion were on offer at the 31st edition of London’s premier LGBT film festival.