Congratulations Guy! Gutted that this means I lose you as an @theobserveruk.bsky.social colleague but this is so very well deserved.

‘All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea’ review: Jeanie Finlay follows ‘Your Fat Friend’ with empathetic portrait of a community in turmoil This CPH:DOX premiere follows the beleagured fishing communities of England's north east coast

My review of Jeanie Finlay's powerful doc All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea www.screendaily.com/reviews/all-...

‘Hell’s Army’ review: Slick doc follows Russian journalists on case of alarming new world order Oscar-nominated director Richard Rowley follows Katya Hakim as she tracks Russia's Wagner mercenary force

More from CPH:DOX - my review of Hell's Army www.screendaily.com/reviews/hell...

‘The Cord’ review: Gritty, urgent doc follows one-woman crusade to fix Venezuela’s maternity system French filmmaker Nolwenn Hervé's feature follows Carolina as she fights to support the mothers of Maracaibo

Very keen on The Cord, a film that gives an insight into the ongoing disaster of the Venezuelan healthcare system and introduces us to exactly the kind of badass character you would want on your side in times of medical emergency. www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-...

‘I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore’ review: Offbeat, idiosyncratic Taipei-set debut defies easy categorisation The improvised first feature from Ka Ki Wong bows in CPH:DOX Next Wave

How to describe I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore? A wild, uninhibited blend that has traces of Godard, Wong Kar Wai, Hou Hsiao-hsien plus Zoomer tik tok stunts and situationist provocations. Crazy, messy, rather special.
www.screendaily.com/reviews/i-he...

‘Whispers In May’ review: Lyrical, warm Chinese debut is poignant blend of documentary and fiction Dongnan Chen's CPH:DOX competition title follows three teenage girls on a momentous journey

In competition in CPH:DOX: Whispers In May is just lovely. A sensitive, perceptive account of the moment right at the very end of childhood. www.screendaily.com/reviews/whis...

‘Amazomania’ review: Agile doc reframes 1996 expedition to isolated Korubo community Swedish filmmaker Nathan Grossman's CPH:DOX title was made in collaboration with the Korubo people

A few favourites from CPH:DOX:
Amazomania is a deft interrogation of documentary ethics. Loved this smart, provocative film.
www.screendaily.com/reviews/amaz...

Just landed in rainy Copenhagen for five days of documentaries at CPH:DOX. One of my favourite film festivals. Stay tuned for some reviews.

‘Salvation’ review: Emin Alper weaves timely tale of prophecy, paranoia and blood feuds in rural Turkey The director's second Berlin competition title follows two warring clans in the Turkish mountains

Another highlight in Berlin's competition, Emin Alper's tale of a Turkish blood feud, Salvation. www.screendaily.com/reviews/salv...

‘Rose’ review: Sandra Hüller is phenomenal in arresting character study set in 17th-century Germany Markus Schleinzer's black-and-white Berlin Competition title also stars impressive newcomer Caro Braun

My review of Rose: My favourite so far from Berlin's competition, and further proof that Sandra Hüller is one of the finest actors currently working.
www.screendaily.com/reviews/rose...

‘Mouse’ review: Rich, bittersweet US coming-of-age drama from ‘Saint Frances’ filmmakers The latest work from Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson bows in Berlin Panorama

First of my Berlin reviews. Very impressed by Mouse, from the team behind Saint Frances www.screendaily.com/reviews/mous...

I may have to watch it again.

It has no plot and songs that are both instantly forgettable and teeth-grindingly naff. It’s blatantly sexist. Cliff drives a hovercraft up the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at one point.

I know we use the description “worst movie ever made’ in a fairly profligate manner but I just watched Take me High, the 1973 film that finished Cliff Richard’s acting career. And holy shit, it’s bad.

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Heading to Tromso today for the film festival. Thermals packed. Hoping for great cinema and - just maybe - a glimpse of aurora borealis.

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Hamnet is an earthy, grounded tale of grief | The Observer Jessie Buckley is a force of nature as Shakespeare’s witchy wife in an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the tragedy that inspired Hamlet

Hamnet is an earthy, grounded tale of grief.

Jessie Buckley is a force of nature as Shakespeare’s witchy wife in an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the tragedy that inspired Hamlet.

Read @wendyide.bsky.social's review now:
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First time watch tonight: Straight Time (1978) starring a never better Dustin Hoffman as a recently released ex-con. How have I never seen this before? It’s phenomenal.

Silver tote, scented candle, Polaroid camera, matches: top swag

Big thanks to Mubi for a New Year celebration kit, to promote Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s series The New Years. I’m a huge fan of Sorogoyen’s terrific drama The Beasts, so this is top of my watch list.

Delicatessen is the film that springs to mind, the rooftop saw and cello duet.

Ah! Thank you - I didn’t realise that there are two instruments that make such an eerie, evocative sound. The music really is stunning.

So proud to send my kid off to an early Halloween party in a Babadook costume. I feel that this is a film education win all round.

‘Endless Cookie’ review: Annecy’s Contrechamp winner is an inventive portrait of Canadian half-brothers Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver's animated documentary is a "picture infused with love"

Also recommended for LFF animation heads, Endless Cookie www.screendaily.com/reviews/endl...

’ChaO’ review: Anarchic Japanese anime imagines a fantastical near-future Shanghai Animator Yasuhiro Aoki makes his debut with this energetic tale of human-merpeople relationships

Animation fans at LFF: check out the gloriously batshit ChaO www.screendaily.com/reviews/chao...

‘Divine Comedy’ review: Ali Asgari skewers Iranian cultural restrictions in witty satire Charming performances carry Asgari's fifth feature about a fictional director attempting to screen his latest film in Tehran

Another Venice review: Ali Asgari’s cine-literate satire Divine Comedy.

www.screendaily.com/reviews/divi...

It's broader in comic tone than his previous films, but it works. Hugely enjoyable, achingly stylish

‘The Tale Of Silyan’ review: Tamara Kotevska follows ‘Honeyland’ with portrait of Macedonian farmer Lyrical hybrid documentary charts the highs and lows of rural life in modern Macedonia

Honeyland director Tamara Kotevska returns with the lovely, lyrical Tale of Silyan www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-...

‘Hijra’ review: Family bonds are tested when a teenage girl vanishes in accomplished Saudi drama Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen's story centres on a grandmother and granddaughter in search of their missing relative

Me on the Saudi drama Hijra www.screendaily.com/reviews/hijr...

‘No Other Choice’ review: Park Chan-wook’s economic satire is a darkly comic treat The director's Venice Competition title stars Lee Byung-hun as a family man who turns to desperate measures

My pick of the Venice Competion so far: Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice www.screendaily.com/reviews/no-o...