Film critic for The Observer, Screen International. Usually can be found at a film festival. Parent. Brummie-born S E Londoner. migrating to threads: @wendyide
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Time for my alternative end of year list for 2022: my ten favorite films which are still without UK distribution deals (please feel free to correct if I'm wrong and to add anything great I have missed).
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Pillion is a graphic, funny and unexpectedly sweet depiction of gay BDSM biker culture.
This ‘dom-com’ about a timid traffic warden who meets a surly, leather-clad alpha finds humour in the transgressive and the mundane.
Read @wendyide's full review: bit.ly/4agk2Rt
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Leading authors, illustrators and agents have spoken out against the Guardian Media Group’s proposed sale of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media, as readers launch a campaign to "Save the Observer" 👇 thebookseller.com/news/autho…
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A highlight from @tiff_english Teki Cometh starts as a gentle character study of an elderly man, then takes an almighty swerve into weirdness. Seriously impressive. screendaily.com/reviews/teki…
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That gave me goosebumps.
A first trailer for Brady Corbet’s THE BRUTALIST, in theaters this December via @A24.
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“★ ★ ★ ★ Benesch is superb, her face a glazed mask of panic as the shockwaves resulting from her actions shake the very foundations of the school."
@Wendyide THE OBSERVER
The Teachers' Lounge (12A) screens @garterlane on Tuesday, Oct 22nd at 7.30pm.
#wffa2024 #wffaautumn24
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If any London folk are likely to be suffering film festival withdrawal next week, can I recommend Doc'n Roll film festival @BarbicanCentre . I can vouch for The Teaches of Peaches and Devo, both excellent, and there's plenty more to choose from. barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202…
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My @ObsNewReview Megalopolis review. I would rather watch a picture that shoots for the sky and misses rather than one that plods cautiously along in the safe zone. That said...
theguardian.com/film/2024/se…
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It's been a flying visit to San Sebastian and a very belated return. But what a fantastic festival and engaged, enthusiastic audience. Stand outs: Petra Costa's superb documentary, Apocalypse in the Tropics, and Skin In Spring, a gentle story of sexual reawakening in Colombia.
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I'm headed to San Sebastian today to take part in this panel on Friday - join us.
#72SSIFF 💭 #ConversacionesSSIFF #HizketaldiakSSIFF #FilmTalks
🗣️ “Nuevos medios: cine y festivales en la era de las redes sociales /New media: film and festivals in the age of social networks”.
👥 @wendyide (The Observer), Diego Batlle (@dmbatlle y @OtrosCines), @pepablanes (@elcineenlaser). Modera: @GuyLodge.
🗓️ Irailak 27 Septiembre (16:00)
📍 @tabakalera
🎟️ Invitaciones gratuitas 26/09 / Doako gonbidapenak 09/26 / Free invitations 09/26
📍 sansebastianfestival.com, Zinemaldi Plaza, Tabakalera
🌐 sansebastianfestival.com/202…
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This is utterly obscene if true and an insult to the staff members who have lost jobs.
London's Historic Evening Standard Newspaper Plans To Revive Acerbic Art Critic Brian Sewell In AI Form As It Stops Daily Presses & Fires Journalists deadline.com/2024/09/the-eve…
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A souvenir from my holiday in Georgia: it’s a reprint of a vintage film poster but I don’t know which film. Can anyone help me out with identifying the movie?
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This is really something. The strongest film of competition for me.
'April' Venice Review:A doctor in rural Georgia puts herself at risk to care for her female patients in the second feature from Dea Kulumbegashvili. #Venezia81 review by @wendyide screendaily.com/reviews/5196…
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A very strong debut from Romania - final 15 minutes are as good, if not better, than anything I have seen in Venice this year.
'The New Year That Never Came' Venice Review: The fall of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu is explored through the lives of ordinary people in this confident 1989-set debut says @wendyide #Venezia81 screendaily.com/reviews/the-…
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Can Fernanda Torres get an Oscar nomination for a Walter Salles film 25 years after her mother did? I think it’s a distinct possibility. I’m still here is glorious.
'I'm Still Here' Venice Review: Walter Salles directs Fernanda Torres in a standout performance as a real-life matriarch in military-ruled Brazil of the 1970s says @wendyide screendaily.com/reviews/im-s…
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Dipping back into X to say that Kill the Jockey is a blast
'Kill The Jockey' Venice Review: Nahuel Perez Biscayart is striking as an Argentinian jockey reinventing himself in Luis Ortega’s freewheeling drama says @wendyide #Venezia81 screendaily.com/reviews/5196…
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I’m out of here. threads.net/@wendyide
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More exciting curation from @Klassiki_Online - I’m looking forward to catching up with this one.
Yesterday we launched our Yugoslav Black Wave double bill with Dušan Makavejev’s MAN IS NOT A BIRD (1964) exclusively in our collection!
Set in the remote mining town of Bor, Serbia, Makavejev’s debut dives into the tumultuous lives of middle-class engineer Jan and rebellious worker Barbulović. Their passionate, yet doomed love affairs will keep you on the edge of your seat. Marking the dawn of the Yugoslav Black Wave movement, Makavejev’s unique style blurs the lines between fiction and documentary, challenging conservative views on class and gender with bold, avant-garde storytelling.
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