What’s left of the socialist spirit of one of Europe’s pioneering cinema showcases? On one level, we could airily suggest that a festival is ‘owned’ by its audience, the people …
Critics who attend a lot of film festivals are frequently asked which country’s cinema is the most vibrant or worthwhile – South Korea, Romania, Argentina and Greece have all enjoyed …
As his film festival expedition reaches New York state, Neil Young risks incineration in pursuit of the perfect prints. Tottie screamed “Birdie! Let me! Birdie, you are made of celluloid, …
Continuing his travels on the North American film festival scene, Neil Young arrives too early in the Yucatan … The next leg of my two-month tour was supposed to …
Ambulante Film Festival Mexico In his second report from the North American film festival scene, Neil Young heads south, down Mexico way. Mexico is a foreign country: they …
In the first of a series of dispatches from the film festival and cinema scene of North America, Neil Young reports from Palm Springs
The finest and most remarkable wide-release film of 2015 was, perhaps surprisingly, a futuristic, action-packed science-fiction extravaganza
InsCurtoCircuíto 2015 No city on the planet welcomes pedestrians like Santiago de Compostela, the north-west-Spain city whose mega-cathedral concludes the most famous Christian pilgrimage-route.
The last of his film despatches from America finds Neil Young among the denizens of Downtown
Neil Young has been revisiting and enjoying some classic movies with a sting in the tale
Neil Young at the Fourth Palm Springs Film festival has high praise for a documentary about one of cinema’s greatest directors
Neil Young describes his highlights at the recent Berlin Film Festival
Neil Young makes some pithy observations about Seville and its film festival
Neil Young reflects on a thought-provoking 22nd Astra Film Festival
Blue Ruin Director: Jeremy Saulnier
A venerable film festival is in need of an upgrade, writes Neil Young
Joe Dante edited by Nil Baskar and Gabe Klinger Österreichisches Filmmuseum, €22
The View from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes by Patrick Keiller Verso, £14.99
Gdynia Film Festival 2013
Venice Film Festival 2013
Equally at home in blockbusters and indie favourites, the acclaimed actor Willem Dafoe spoke to Neil Young
Killer Joe Director: William Friedkin Dark Horse Director: Todd Solondz
Into the Abyss Director: Werner Herzog This Is Not A Film No director credited Wild Bill Director: Dexter Fletcher
