Festivals
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Marx and Engels meet cute in this intense, fervent film about the early development of communism from I Am Not Your Negro director Raoul Peck
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Even starring with her very similar-looking daughter, Huppert seems disconnected from this dismal family drama. And as a tennis coach, she’s no Judy Murray
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From the actor’s rarely seen character comedy to an immersive version of Moulin Rouge: your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture
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He jammed for the Nazis and aided the resistance, but this tale of guitar genius Django Reinhardt’s war falls flat due to slack tempo and poor characterisation
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The world’s largest short film festival has a new lease on life, but will it learn from past mistakes?
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The music festival amid Wiltshire foliage returns with an eclectic selection of psych, indie and Americana
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Musician to follow the likes of David Bowie, Patti Smith and David Byrne in choosing the lineup for the Southbank Centre event
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If festival crowds can unite to help a crowdsurfer, they can unite against sexual assault
Jonathan SeidlerLaneway festival’s new sexual harassment hotline is a great initiative – but it’s only necessary because we don’t step in to help
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Our critic hits the city of culture to find its best visual art – from a giant blade pointing to Primark to type-your-own street signs and a band of sexual outlaws
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The Brit-nominated singer on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, her favourite Tokyo soul cafe and her secret-weapon meditation app
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Festival celebrates influence of Scandinavian Vikings in Shetland and culminates with setting a galley on fire
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Fabled Festival au Désert was coming back to Timbuktu after years in exile but officials blocked it at last minute over security fears
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I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore took the top prize, while the film festival’s director spoke out against Donald Trump’s immigration ban
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Fisk, a meditative evocation of mental breakdown onboard a paper boat, is a highlight at the festival of animation, puppetry and movement
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Sandi Toksvig debuts a new comedy, Crew for Calais take over the Vault festival for a good cause and Bristol’s Tobacco Factory hosts a double bill from Manipulate about a doomed romance and desire
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Outstanding access and an unobtrusive approach almost make up for some unexplored leads and an anti-climactic ending
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Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa are a dull millennial couple addicted to Tinder in this visually slick yet emotionally vapid take on modern relationships
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Yance Ford’s extraordinary documentary on the murder of his brother is part journalistic examination, part devastating essay on grief for black US families
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Nicholas Hoult plays the author in a watchable but shallow take on creativity and the process of writing a classic
The Party review – conniptions amid the canapés in an observant real-time farce