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10 great Olympic documentaries
Spanning more than a century of cinema, documentaries about the Olympic Games have been at the cutting edge of sport coverage but have also captured seismic political and social shifts.
By Thomas Flew
September 2024 highlights at BFI Southbank include Martin Scorsese’s British film picks and Maggie Cheung
September 2024 highlights at BFI Southbank include Martin Scorsese’s British film picks and Maggie Cheung“I like to have the freedom a novelist has”: Nuri Bilge Ceylan on Winter Sleep
By Geoff Andrew
Kafka on screen: the trials and metamorphoses of Kafkaesque cinema
By Neil Young
“I think Istanbul is a place queer people gravitate to”: Director Levan Akin on Crossing
By Alex Davidson
The Echo: Tatiana Huezo’s mesmerising docufiction film presents a holistic view of a rural Mexican village
By Chris Shields
TwitchCon 2024 report: a thousand Truman Shows, all streaming at once
By Kristina Tarasova
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Actor, producer and director Griffin Dunne shares memories of his 50-year career and discusses his memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club (Grove Press UK).
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