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Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People) review – one man’s quest to keep Gaelic psalm singing alive

silverguide.site – Jack Archer’s gentle film follows the immensely likable Rob MacNeacail as he journeys across Scotland and Ireland in a bid to save these traditional songs of people and place…
Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People) review – one man’s quest to keep Gaelic psalm singing alive

Cannes spotlight reverts to auteurs as Hollywood retreats from film festival

silverguide.site – Absence of big US films heralds renewed focus on international cinema that underpins festival’s reputation…
Cannes spotlight reverts to auteurs as Hollywood retreats from film festival

‘It’s our kinship’: can Australia learn to coexist with dingoes?

silverguide.site – As dingoes vanish from parts of Australia, a new documentary is calling for governments to move away from eradication and towards solutions that benefit both farmers and animals…
‘It’s our kinship’: can Australia learn to coexist with dingoes?

‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst

silverguide.site – The host of the film awards ceremony at which Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson shouted a racial slur has said he won’t host it again…
‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst

Killer on the Air review – radio call-in hostage thriller puts moral dilemma to tough-love show host

silverguide.site – An aggrieved caller puts the host of Sarah Cares to the test, examining the limits of her ideas by threatening to kill her husband’s lover…
Killer on the Air review – radio call-in hostage thriller puts moral dilemma to tough-love show host

Queer as Punk review – joyous portrait of Malaysian LGBTQ+ rebels making noise

silverguide.site – Yihwen Chen’s warm and galvanising documentary follows queer punk band Shh…Diam! as they battle discrimination with humour and raw energy…
Queer as Punk review – joyous portrait of Malaysian LGBTQ+ rebels making noise

‘Forced to preserve a monument’: how the fate of Marilyn Monroe’s LA home became a legal saga

silverguide.site – House where Monroe died, which hasn’t been occupied in seven years, is in limbo after current owners wanted to demolish it but were stopped by a public campaign…
‘Forced to preserve a monument’: how the fate of Marilyn Monroe’s LA home became a legal saga

Bafta doubles down on preparations for Sunday TV awards after N-word fallout

silverguide.site – Ceremony organisers taking event procedures ‘extremely seriously’ after broadcast of racial slur in February…
Bafta doubles down on preparations for Sunday TV awards after N-word fallout

‘Peak TV is behind us’: UK developers pivot from building studios to datacentres amid AI boom

silverguide.site – Ambitious plans are being scaled back – but film and TV industry point to big existing investments in British production…
‘Peak TV is behind us’: UK developers pivot from building studios to datacentres amid AI boom

‘I should have kicked him even harder. He deserved it’: Eric Cantona comes out fighting

silverguide.site – A new documentary at Cannes film festival looks at the French footballer’s five turbulent and triumphant seasons in Manchester – and the love story between him and manager Alex Ferguson…
‘I should have kicked him even harder. He deserved it’: Eric Cantona comes out fighting

Star Wars has to deliver a proper movie with The Mandalorian and Grogu – otherwise the franchise is dead

silverguide.site – The long-suffering saga has been kept alive this decade by TV alone – but even that will perish if the new movie fails to extend its universe…
Star Wars has to deliver a proper movie with The Mandalorian and Grogu – otherwise the franchise is dead

Post your questions for Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk

silverguide.site – As he plays a dodgy sheriff in Ben Wheatley’s Normal, Odenkirk will be here to answer your inquiries about a remarkable career that has taken him from Wayne’s World to Saturday Night Live and The Bear…
Post your questions for Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk

Remarkably Bright Creatures review – Sally Field bonds with octopus in gentle Netflix charmer

silverguide.site – Shelby Van Pelt’s best-selling book is adapted into an easily digestible, sweet-natured afternoon watch…
Remarkably Bright Creatures review – Sally Field bonds with octopus in gentle Netflix charmer

Guillermo del Toro: ‘When you see a UFO, it causes a crack. The mystery of the universe rushes towards you’

silverguide.site – The great Mexican director is in England to pick up a BFI fellowship – and buy a haunted house. He talks gods, ghosts, monsters and almost being destroyed by the Weinsteins…
 Guillermo del Toro: ‘When you see a UFO, it causes a crack. The mystery of the universe rushes towards you’

Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’

silverguide.site – The actor on dealing with disruptive drinkers in his pub, what he’d ask Shakespeare, and being urged by Alec Guinness to withdraw from Stonewall…
Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’

‘Somehow you become the chicken’: inside the film about people-smuggling told through the eyes of a hen

silverguide.site – Eight birds play the lead in Hen – one for running scenes, one for pecking, one for staying still. And there’s even a cockerel love interest. Director György Pálfi explains why it’s his most normal movie yet…
‘Somehow you become the chicken’: inside the film about people-smuggling told through the eyes of a hen

Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character

silverguide.site – Suit says director used Q’orianka Kilcher’s features without permission after seeing her in advert for The New World…
Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character

Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same

silverguide.site – A follow-up to 2021’s gory big-screen adaptation of the much-played fighting game might finally show us the tournament but it’s all far too unexciting…
Mortal Kombat II review – junky game-to-movie sequel offers more of the same

Flogging a wooden horse: how faithful will Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey be?

silverguide.site – In a rare interview, the director has said he wants to do justice to Homer’s ‘the original non-linear narrative’. How will that translate on screen? …
Flogging a wooden horse: how faithful will Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey be?

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition review – on-brand fan pleaser is a metal hymn of praise

silverguide.site – Watchable, uncritical doc tells the story of the massive rise, slight fall, then further massive rise of the veteran rockers…
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition review – on-brand fan pleaser is a metal hymn of praise
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