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Cannes 2013: Up close and physical

From its long hot shags to its skin-blotched arguments and sleeping faces, Blue is the Warmest Colour pushes the boundaries of naturalism on screen, discovers Jonathan Romney.

Friday, May 24, 2013
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The high road: Ambulante 2013

Mexico’s travelling documentary showcase brings out the crowds for the best ‘difficult’ movies. Nick Roddick reports.

Cannes 2013: This is noir

Claire Denis’ The Bastards peers into the contemporary heart of darkness, says Amy Taubin.

Out there down here: Sci-Fi-London 2013

Six of the best in this year’s genre showcase got to grips with distinctly grounded human concerns, reports Anton Bitel.

Cannes 2013: The trapped and the free

Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace movie – mootedly his last – is not only a cracking time piece, but also carries apt echoes of Citizen Kane, finds Geoff Andrew.

Cannes 2013: Rich visions

Paolo Sorrentino, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and James Toback show us the money. By Nick James.

The digital deluge: Tribeca 2013

Ashley Clark digs into post-Sandy transmedia, robot documentarists, Vine, lolcats, Facebook-chat reconstructions, a crowdboggled Paul Verhoeven and much more at New York’s downtown film festival.

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