”Then someone said to me, it’s clear from your films that you put your whole self into them. I hadn’t realised because I didn’t think I knew even a part of myself, let alone my whole self. And whenever I finished a film I felt that I’d only left a small trace” –Chantal Akerman

For her second feature, director Yôko Yamanaka has pulled out all the stops. Desert of Namibia follows a young woman with bipolar who burns the candle at both ends. A surprising, unidealised portrait of Gen-Z Tokyo, striking for its incredible energy and irreverence.

En 1975, ce jour, c'était la première de JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES. Cette année, le 22 mai, nous rendons hommage à Chantal Akerman avec la projection d'HISTOIRES D'AMERIQUE précédé d'un concert de Sonia Wieder-Atherton. CINEMATEK Be Capricci Cine

Later this year we will publish Yoshiko Shibaki's "Susaki Paradise" (tr. Polly Barton), from which Kenji Mizoguchi adapted "Street of Shame" (1956). A collection of six interlinked stories about sex work in the post-war period that combines realism, lyricism & savage humour.

'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed' Cannes Review: A mother and daugher step up to run the family’s Buenos Aires gambling den in this grungy Directors Fortnight noir. #Cannes2024 review by Jonathan Holland screendaily.com/reviews/519309…

Don’t miss this @ 1730

If you’re at Cannes, do not miss Hala Elkoussy’s “East of Noon” at 17.50 today (Quinzaine des Cinéastes) You won’t see anything else like it.

As long as I live, I will never forget the Andover estate in Finsbury Park yesterday - a multiracial community full of utter contempt for the Labour Party and hope and faith in their MP, who loves them and their values and will never apologise for it

This is one of the best books on cinema I've ever read. This and Michael Roemer's Telling Stories are now the only film books I'd ever recommend to writer/directors

6 weeks ago, we built an inspiring local movement from nothing. People from all backgrounds united to give Camden a real choice. This happened thanks to your extraordinary effort and passion. This is just the beginning. Thank you and solidarity, Andrew.

The response to this comment has been beyond nuts. 3 reminders from a Jewish person who has lectured on genocide prevention at Auschwitz where dozens of my mothers family were murdered: 1. Jeremy Corbyn was not expelled from the Labour Party for antisemitism. He left the Labour

MOTHER STATE is coming out on the 29th August Allen Lane. You can pre-order it here: linktr.ee/motherstate

"I am the only woman who is now... forbidden to you" "My wife" Our Marguerite Duras retrospective begins on Thursday Institute of Contemporary Arts with the sexy and tense divorce drama LA MUSICA (1967) preceded by a surprise short film. Only a few tickets left! ica.art/la-musica

The ICA in London and Daniella Shreir are doing a full retrospective of Marguerite Duras' films, it's a thing of beauty. I'll be doing an intro for her film Nathalie Granger, which contains one of cinema's most compelling scenes, on the 25th: ica.art/films/nathalie…

FYI, if you would like to attend any programmes in this season and can’t afford to do so, message or email us. We can offer some free tickets 🎟️

🤣 thought it might take longer than a day post-announcement for this to come out from the team of the supposedly “Israel critical” film

Tomorrow! LE CAMION presented in 35mm with intro by Prof. Martin Crowley Institute of Contemporary Arts. One of Duras’s greatest experiments—a film made in the conditional tense—and a favourite of John Waters. ica.art/films/le-camion