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Partying in Golden Age style Photo: Glasgow Film Festival

The twelfth Glasgow Film Festival has the strongest line-up yet and the city has been buzzing about it since January, so it came as no surprise that people were queuing down Rose Street on Wednesday night in eager anticipation of the opening gala. The UK première of the Coen Brothers’ ]Hail Caesar!, taking place just 24 hours after its European première at the Berlinale, took up all three of the historic cinema’s screens before getting a second screening in each of them later the same night. The red carpet was out for celebrities like Kelly MacDonald and ushers dressed as centurions guarded the doors with spears before showing people to their seats.

Hail Caesar! red carpet Photo: Glasgow Film Festival

The film was very popular. Some viewers found it patchy but everybody loved Channing Tatum’s dancing and there was a »

- Jennie Kermode

18 February 2016 8:39 AM, PST

Eastern Valley is one of the many British documentaries in the line-up "Meanwhile, what about Socialism? It hardly needs pointing out that at this moment we are in a very serious mess, so serious that even the dullest-witted people find it difficult to remain unaware of it. We are living in a world in which nobody is free, in which hardly anybody is secure, in which it is impossible to be honest and remain alive." - George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier (1937)

Taking George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier - uncannily relevant to the state of the world in 2016 - as the inspiration for its thematic structure and overall title, the 7th biennial Av Festival will take place in Newcastle upon Tyne and its environs between February 27 and March 27. In 1936, Orwell was commissioned to write a "condition of England" style book and spent two months living in »

- Rebecca Naughten

18 February 2016 5:40 AM, PST

Director Matthew Miele: "And they said, 'Oh, Jessica Biel is going to be here.'" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Matthew Miele's lively Crazy About Tiffany's highlights Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in Blake Edwards' Breakfast At Tiffany's, Fran Lebowitz commenting on Mickey Rooney, Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin on Carey Mulligan's look in The Great Gatsby, Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Julia Roberts and George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven, Rooney Mara and Kate Mara's father, Fifty Shades Of Grey's Sam Taylor-Johnson, Rob Marshall and Jerry Weintraub. Andy Tennant's Reese Witherspoon and Patrick Dempsey moment in Sweet Home Alabama, Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson in Gary Winnick's Bride Wars, Katie Couric, Jennifer Tilly on Elsa Peretti and Jean Schlumberger, Jessica Biel and stylists Estee Stanley, Kate Young, Jill Swid, Rachel Zoe, Elizabeth Saltzman shine, and some even dish Oscar red carpet dirt. »

- Anne-Katrin Titze

17 February 2016 12:37 PM, PST

Scarlett Johansson in Hail Caesar! Photo: Universal Pictures/Courtesy Berlinale

The 12th Glasgow Film Festival opened its doors tonight with all three screens at the recently refurbished Gft sold out for simultaneous showings of the Coen brothers' Hail Caesar!. This was the film's UK première and it attracted so much interest that a further three screenings are taking place later in the night. Staff dressed as centurions escorted the festival's directors as they arrived to introduce the film and talk about what else festival attendees can look forward to. The red carpet was out and stars like Kelly MacDonald took the time to greet fans.

This year the festival has its strongest line-up yet, including a number of world premières, some of which have already sold out. Guests scheduled to attend include Richard Gere, Ben Wheatley, Peter Greenaway, Kate Dickie and festival stalwart Mark Millar.

The festival will run until »

- Jennie Kermode

17 February 2016 5:28 AM, PST

Guillaume Nicloux's Valley Of Love star Isabelle Huppert Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and uniFrance have announced for the 21st edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York, a series of free talks starting with Isabelle Huppert, who co-stars with Gérard Depardieu in the opening night film Valley Of Love. It's followed by Melvil Poupaud starring with André Dussollier and Clémence Poésy in Nicolas Pariser's The Great Game (Le Grand Jeu) and a discussion with Lolo director Julie Delpy and Stephanie Zacharek.

Composers Grégoire Hetzel (Catherine Corsini's Summertime - La Belle Saison and Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days - Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse), Mark Snow (Alain Resnais' Wild Grass and Life Of Riley) and Mathieu Lamboley (Lolo) will take part in French Touch Composers, moderated by Elsa Keslassy.

Isabelle Huppert - Friday, March 4, 5:00pm

Melvil Poupaud - Saturday, March »

- Anne-Katrin Titze

16 February 2016 7:20 AM, PST

The girls in Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Mustang

After talking about working with Warren Ellis, being in a short film directed by Olivier Assayas for To Each His Own Cinema, the costumes by Selin Sozen, writing with Alice Winocour and being in Augustine, Deniz Gamze Ergüven discussed with me seeing Don Siegel's Escape From Alcatraz as an influence, the contrasting comparisons with Jafar Panahi's Offside and Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides and dynamics between the girls (Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan) and their guardians (Nihal G. Koldas, Ayberk Pekcan) in Mustang.

Anne-Katrin Titze: The football idea, although you use it differently, reminded me of Jafar Panahi's tremendous Offside. Were you connecting that?

Mustangs in the sea: "Plus you see the sea from the window."

Deniz Gamze Ergüven: What really triggered it was that that was such a crazy situation. For »

- Anne-Katrin Titze

16 February 2016 3:42 AM, PST

The Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced today that this year's country focus will be Finland. Working in association with the Finnish Film Foundation, Eiff will present a programme of new Finnish documentary and fiction features, a programme of Finnish shorts and other special screenings. The Finnish focus will also include territory-specific industry activity and special guests.

Eiff Deputy Artistic Director, Diane Henderson said: “With its rich film heritage, Finland is a country that features often at Eiff and this year we’re very excited to present this appreciation of films from this fascinating country. We are delighted to be working with the Finnish Film Foundation and are looking forward to welcoming our special guests from Finland to Edinburgh in June.”

Jaana Puskala, Head of the International Department at The Finnish Film Foundation added: “Finland has the joy and honour of being the focus country at the 70th Edinburgh »

- Amber Wilkinson

15 February 2016 7:23 AM, PST

Mustang director Deniz Gamze Ergüven on costume designer Selin Sozen's "shapeless shit-colored dresses": "For me it looks like a western." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan star with Nihal G. Koldas, Ayberk Pekcan, Burak Yigit and Bahar Kerimoglu in Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Foreign Language Film Oscar nominated drama Mustang, co-written with Augustine director Alice Winocour. On a frosty afternoon in Chelsea, we spoke about Nick Cave collaborator Warren Ellis, who is featured in Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth's 20,000 Days On Earth, Jafar Panahi's Offside, why Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides lacks in comparison to Don Siegel's Escape From Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood, costume design, cooking lessons and the importance of blanket making.

Lale (Günes Sensoy)

Part allegory, part teenage empowerment, Mustang follows five high-spirited, orphaned sisters, Sonay [Akdogan], Selma [Sunguroglu], Ece [Iscan], Nur [Doguslu] and Lale [Sensoy]. Defying expectations in different »

- Anne-Katrin Titze

15 February 2016 6:55 AM, PST

Young cinemagoers assemble Photo: Stuart Crawford

The Glasgow Youth Film Festival came to a close last night after a successful run that saw several screenings sold out and large audiences throughout. Among the most popular choices were opening gala The Witch, which viewers deemed suitably scary, and Nena, the story of a teenager's relationship with her disabled dad, which was followed by a live talk with director Saskia Diesing. Workshops were also well attended, with children and young people keen to acquire filmmaking skills of their own.

The closing gala was held in recently restored church St Luke's, which had been spectacularly decorated with fake topiary and woodland animal taxidermy. Pastel-coloued paper houses illuminated from the inside recreated the small town location of Edward Scissorhands, which has succeeded in finding itself a new generation of fans. Preceding the screening were the Erskine String Trio playing songs by The Cure. »

- Jennie Kermode

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