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RITA DI SANTO reports from the Belgrade International Film Festival
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
THIS year’s combination of wide-ranging titles from film-makers all over the world with fresh new local work proved a big hit with festival-goers in Belgrade.
There were a number of pleasant surprises from young directors, with German film-maker Florian Gottschick’s Bright Night marking an astonishing debut.
In it, two couples spend a summer weekend together in an idyllic country house but events from the past begin to impact on the present — it turns out that two of them were not only former classmates but lovers too.
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MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
ANDY HEDGECOCK is astonished by a portrait of contemporary Greece, complete with political protest, organised crime and people trafficking, told from the point of view of — wait for it — runaway poultry
RITA DI SANTO gives us a first look at some extraordinary new films that examine outsiders, migrants, belonging and social abuse