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Interviews

Misan Harriman: “There is grace in the process of having open wounds.”

by David Jenkins

The famed pho­tog­ra­ph­er turns his hand at film­mak­ing with a study of extreme trau­ma and slow heal­ing in The After.
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Festivals

Janet Planet – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Annie Bak­er’s debut fea­ture about a moth­er and daugh­ter is mag­i­cal and assured dra­ma that announces the Pulitzer Prize win­ner as a film­mak­ing tal­ent as well as a lit­er­ary one.
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Festivals

Inside the South African film festival challenging perceptions of Afrikaans cinema

by John Besche

Now in its eleventh year, Cape Town’s Sil­w­erskermfees aims to shine a light on the diver­si­ty and tal­ent at the heart of the Afrikaans-speak­ing film­mak­ing community.
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Opinion

How dyslexia helps some of the biggest filmmakers to think differently

by Louise Conway

Recent stud­ies have shown how peo­ple with dyslex­ia have enhanced abil­i­ties in orig­i­nal­i­ty, cre­ativ­i­ty, and rea­son­ing. Could it be that movies can pro­vide the per­fect place to focus on the strengths of this dif­fer­ent way of thinking?
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Busting the Bias

Busting the Bias presents a myth-shattering collection of shorts from Disabled filmmakers

by Meg Fozzard

Now in its sec­ond year, the BFI’s mov­ing-image show­case cen­tres Dis­abled film­mak­ing tal­ent and their vital stories.
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Interviews

Don Cheadle: ‘Filmmaking is a very risk-averse business’

by Leila Latif

The vet­er­an actor, musi­cian and direc­tor speaks about his role in Noah Baum­bach’s White Noise, and what his long tenure in Hol­ly­wood has taught him about the world.
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Interviews

Tsai Ming-Liang and Lee Kang-Sheng on a joint career in filmmaking

by Alicia Haddick

The Tai­wanese mas­ter film­mak­er and his muse dis­cuss their long-stand­ing artis­tic partnership.
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Review

A Bunch of Amateurs

by Marina Ashioti

A charm­ing doc­u­men­tary about Britain’s old­est ama­teur film­mak­ing club puts a quin­tes­sen­tial­ly North­ern sto­ry in the spotlight.

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4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Tokyo International Film Festival celebrates the next generation of Japanese filmmaking talent

by Alicia Haddick

At the revamped Tokyo Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val, the spot­light shone bright­ly on upcom­ing Japan­ese artis­tic voices.
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The McDonagh Brothers’ visions of Irish guilt and morality

by Connor Norcott

Mar­tin and John Michael explore their Irish her­itage through their bleak, blis­ter­ing­ly fun­ny filmmaking.