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Journeys

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Journeys

Peter Cushing lives forever in Whitstable

by Sarah Morgan

Thir­ty-one years after his death, the hor­ror vet­er­an remains as pop­u­lar as ever, as a very spe­cial trip to his sea­side home revealed.
Two people in traditional Chinese dress standing in a dimly lit room with brick walls and various decorations.
Journeys

Nostalgia folding in upon itself: A visit to Wong Kar-wai’s Bangkok

by april forrest lin 林森

A writer reflects on retrac­ing the steps of Mag­gie Che­ung and Tony Leung in Thai­land’s cap­i­tal, many years after In The Mood For Love.
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Journeys

Eisenstein in Sacramento

by Marlenée Heath

A writer reflects on Sergei Eisen­stein’s lit­tle-known research trip to Cal­i­for­nia, where he took in the sights of Sut­ter’s Fort.
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Festivals

Dancing and different ways of seeing at Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival

by Xuanlin Tham

In the Scot­tish bor­ders, this bold inde­pen­dent film fes­ti­val cham­pi­ons new ways of see­ing, with a 2024 focus on the work of Pales­tin­ian artist Noor Abed.
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Festivals

Community and creativity thrive at Finland’s Tampere Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

At North­ern Europe’s old­est short film fes­ti­val, cinephiles from around the world come togeth­er to declare small is beau­ti­ful – be it in the sauna or on the ice.
Image shows an elderly woman sitting on a wooden deck, looking out over a garden filled with flowers and greenery. The woman is wearing a sweater and slippers, and appears to be relaxing on the deck.
Journeys

Visiting Ingmar Bergman’s enchanting Swedish hideaway

by Adam Woodward

We jour­ney to Fårö, a remote island in the Baltic Sea, in search of Sweden’s enig­mat­ic master.
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Festivals

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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Journeys

Visiting Twin Peaks: A place both wonderful and strange

by Martyn Conterio

A pil­grim­age to the sleepy Amer­i­can set­ting of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s icon­ic show.
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Festivals

Is this the world’s most lavish film festival?

by Simran Hans

At the Mar­rakech Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val, cham­pagne flows freely and stars fill the sky.
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Journeys

Meet the forward-thinking creatives leading Finnish cinema’s charge

by Adam Woodward

Aki Kau­ris­mä­ki is still king, but emerg­ing voic­es at both ends of the scale are ensur­ing a bright future for this small Scan­di­na­vian nation.
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Festivals

Why supporting your local film festival matters

by Jessica Kiang

They may not be able to promise glitz and glam­our, but small inde­pen­dent film fes­ti­vals are now more vital than ever.
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Festivals

How Tunisia is using cinema to combat terrorism

by Grace Banks

The Carthage Film Fes­ti­val once again proved that rad­i­cal lib­er­al­ism is alive and well in North Africa.