Got to see Gus Van Sant IRL ✨

Dead Man’s Wire crackles with capitalism, rage and justice.

Bill Skarsgård and Al Pacino bring sly comedic flair, Coleman Domingo spins fire on the morning airwaves and Myha’la commands the screen as the reporter who won’t be silenced.

#DeadMansWire #GusVanSant

Threads of a Revolution surveys the courage of people re-building their communities with values based on gender equality and democracy. Danny Mitchell and Ross Domoney’s film travels to north-east Syria and it has its UK premier at London Kurdish Film Festival tomorrow. Visit Rio Cinema for tickets.

My notes from the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival for the BFI. Excluded are Christopher King & Maia Lekow‘s brilliant film How to Build a Library + Havana Marking’s bold documentary Undercover: Exposing the Far Right, which I sadly saw later.
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“…there are these three reasons: feminism, climate and neuroscience. It feels as if her moment is now for people to really discover this artist (Wilhelmina Barns-Graham).”

Mark Cousins discusses ‘A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things’ with @georgiakwrites.bsky.social

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What’s the connection between Amazon, Microsoft, Google, their data centres training their AI machines, Trump and Meta, TikTok and Twitter (and us using them)?

☠️💧☠️

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I loved Asif Kapadia’s new genre-defying film, 2073. I loved it because it shows how close we are to a disaster created by tech billionaires who are on track to become the world’s first trillionaires (while the rest of us advocate our rights to worldwide health and peace).

For 11polaroids, it was great sitting down for a conversation with Cey Sesiguzel on his debut feature Divided Island, a powerful documentary that captures 50 years of geopolitical anxiety in Cyprus. Read more to find out about a work of peace.
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Pleased to see director Pat Collins’ latest film, That They May Face the Rising Sun, screening in cinemas since Friday. It's a moving work contemplating our potential for remarkable simplicity. In my interview with Collins for the BFI, I ask him about his rural drama www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-...

You don't want to miss Ryu Hamaguchi’s new drama Evil Does Not Exist – a powerful eco-thriller about nature’s revenge. Released in UK and Ireland by Modern Films on 5 April and I wrote a review here: 11polaroids.com/2024/04/03/e...

Congrats to the BAFTA winners and nominees, especially to all behind EARTH MAMA and 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, and Da’vine Joy Randolp – well deserved. Also, POOR THINGS love! Special mentions (from me) to Molly Manning Walker for her brilliant debut nom and Sandra Hüller.
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So grateful to meet and talk to Chilean director Maite Alberdi at the #LFF this year. Her new film, The Eternal Memory, is a moving documentary about memory and the power of love. In cinemas from today. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/e...

I'm new to Bluesky and in my mind is Jean Cocteau who after being asked what one thing he would carry away from a burning house, he replied, “the fire.”