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Douglas Slocombe, 1913-2016

From real-life entanglements with the Nazis to Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark via the heyday of Ealing Studios, the veteran cinematographer Douglas Slocombe saw and filmed the whole gamut. By Nick Bradshaw.

Nick Bradshaw
Tuesday 23 February 2016

Obituaries
From the Magazine

Film of the week: Bone Tomahawk

Wild west sheriff Kurt Russell and ragtag hunting pack meet some kind of horror in a richly revisionist and ultra-violent weird western, notes Anton Bitel.

Anton Bitel
Friday 19 February 2016

Reviews and recommendations
The Commune – first look

Thomas Vinterberg’s warm, open portrait of a 1970s commune is his best since Festen, says Geoff Andrew.

Geoff Andrew
Wednesday 17 February 2016

Reviews and recommendations
Things to Come – first look

Isabelle Huppert essays a self-possessed woman at the crossroads in Mia Hansen-Løve’s own turn from stories of youth to this heartfelt portrait of middle age, reports Harriet Warman.

Harriet Warman
Monday 15 February 2016

Reviews and recommendations
A Quiet Passion – first look

This poised and painterly rendition of the poet Emily Dickinson in youth and later age finds Terence Davies back on masterly form, says Geoff Andrew.

Geoff Andrew
Monday 15 February 2016

Reviews and recommendations
Fire at Sea – first look

Lampedusa’s overwhelming influx of boat people is given initially oblique, ultimately eye-opening expression by present-tense documentary master Gianfranco Rosi, reports Geoff Andrew.

Geoff Andrew
Monday 15 February 2016

Reviews and recommendations
From the Magazine

Film of the week: A Bigger Splash

Ralph Fiennes crashes the bliss of Tilda Swinton’s Mediterranean villa in a sultry sex-triangle drama from the director of I Am Love. Tony Rayns is generally diverted.

Tony Rayns
Friday 12 February 2016

Reviews and recommendations
Gallery: The departed, 2015

A visual homage to some of the key figures in film who passed away in 2015, to accompany the roll call in our March 2016 issue.

Naiel Ibarrola, Ehsan Khoshbakht
Tuesday 9 February 2016

Obituaries
After the party: highlights from Rotterdam 2016

A darkening holiday drama from the shores of Greece and a stirring new examination of ‘the new abduction of Europe’ from Catalan master Pere Portabella were two highlights at a festival attempting to reestablish its focus, reports Edward Lawrenson.

Edward Lawrenson
Tuesday 9 February 2016

Festivals
Filming Revolution: crowd-documenting the Egyptian Revolution

Who gets to tell the story – or stories – of a democratic struggle? Sophie Mayer explores Alisa Lebow’s bustling nonlinear ‘meta-documentary, encompassing the voices of 30 Egyptian filmmakers, artists and activists.

So Mayer
Sunday 7 February 2016

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