Candid camera: this year's festival offered an array of welcome surprises, including highlights like Mike Leigh's Hard Truths ...

The Substance seems inescapably in thrall to the seductive, glossy surfaces of Hollywood beauty standards that it is ...

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There are several varieties of films maudits—films over which hang some dread curse, whether of state censorship, producer’s interference, distributor indif­ference, or plain bad luck. Sometimes part ...

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