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Interview

The Director of MUMBAI CHARLIE Deepak Verma
“I’m not ticking any boxes, I’m just doing what I want to do. To me that’s really, really important. At the end of the day it all comes down to script, and character and obviously idea, that’s all it’s about, it’s about nothing else.” Read more >>

Special Feature

Food for Film
In the short documentary WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE, the German director informs us: “I’m quite convinced that cooking is the only alternative to filmmaking”. Having lost a bet with fellow director Errol Morris, Herzog lovingly cooks up and devours his footware in front of an audience. The funny thing is, though, that they don’t look all that bad. Read more >>

Reviews

Intimate Grammar
For those souls who once refused to grow up they now have a hero in Aharon (Roee Elsberg) – an extraordinary 11-year-old boys growing up in Israel in the 1960s. Read more >>

Romantics Anonymous
A first date can certainly bring butterflies and clammy hands to even the most confident of people, but if you suffer from severe shyness this can be a truly terrifying situation. So when chocolate factory owner Jean-René (Benoît Poelvoorde) is asked by his therapist to confront his fear by inviting a woman out to dinner, he inadvertently finds himself dining with his newly hired sales-representative, the equally shy Angélique (Isabelle Carré). Read more >>