Wendy Ide
@wendyide.bsky.social
Film critic for The Observer, Screen International. Usually can be found at a film festival. Parent. Brummie-born S E Londoner.
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The girl with a will to live: the love, hope and pain of raising Elsie – my one in 163 million daughter
She was born with an ultra-rare genetic disorder. After my decades working in film PR, I now face the biggest campaign of all: the fight for her life
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PSA for anyone going to Green Man festival next month. I’ll be doing the Film Quiz as usual but just wanted to flag up an amazing top prize of Amores Perros goodies, courtesy of the lovely people at Mubi. related: a4K restoration of the film is currently streaming on Mubi
Two things to appreciate: 1) last night’s screening and Q&A for Vampire’s Kiss at the Prince Charles cinema.
And this animation is a work of sensual, shimmering loveliness www.screendaily.com/reviews/viva...
‘Viva Carmen’ review: Sébastien Laudenbach follows ‘Chicken For Linda!’ with vivid animated take on Bizet’s ‘Carmen’
Laudenbach's third feature premieres in Cannes Directors Fortnight before moving on to Annecy
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Another Cannes highlight. Not everything works, it’s slightly overlong but Emmanuel Marre’s A Man Of His Time is such bold, bracing filmmaking. Haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Don’t bet against it winning something. www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-ma...
‘A Man Of His Time’ review: A superb Swann Arlaud powers Emmanuel Marre’s ambitious, overlong Vichy France drama
The Cannes Competition title follows real-life opportunist Henri Marre as he seeks to make a mark in 1940s France
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Javier Bardem gives one of the stand out performances of the festival in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The Beloved www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-...
‘The Beloved’ review: Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s muscular drama features a blistering Javier Bardem
Victoria Luengoemilia also stars in Sorogoyen's bold Cannes Competition entry
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Had a lot of fun with the sprawling, full throttle chaos of Hope www.screendaily.com/reviews/hope...
‘Hope’ review: A rural South Korean community comes under attack in Na Hong-jin’s thunderously entertaining genre mash-up
The director's follow-up to 'The Wailing' stars Hwang Jung-min and 'Squid Game''s Hoyeon
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Time to post a few Cannes reviews. First up, Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid remains my fest stand out. www.screendaily.com/reviews/club...
‘Club Kid’ review: Jordan Firstman’s queer drama is triumphant, acidic portrait of New York’s gay scene
The 'I Love LA' star's feature debut makes an impact in Cannes Un Certain Regard
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My review of Jeanie Finlay's powerful doc All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea www.screendaily.com/reviews/all-...
‘All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea’ review: Jeanie Finlay follows ‘Your Fat Friend’ with empathetic portrait of a community in turmoil
This CPH:DOX premiere follows the beleagured fishing communities of England's north east coast
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Very keen on The Cord, a film that gives an insight into the ongoing disaster of the Venezuelan healthcare system and introduces us to exactly the kind of badass character you would want on your side in times of medical emergency. www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-...
‘The Cord’ review: Gritty, urgent doc follows one-woman crusade to fix Venezuela’s maternity system
French filmmaker Nolwenn Hervé's feature follows Carolina as she fights to support the mothers of Maracaibo
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How to describe I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore? A wild, uninhibited blend that has traces of Godard, Wong Kar Wai, Hou Hsiao-hsien plus Zoomer tik tok stunts and situationist provocations. Crazy, messy, rather special. www.screendaily.com/reviews/i-he...
‘I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore’ review: Offbeat, idiosyncratic Taipei-set debut defies easy categorisation
The improvised first feature from Ka Ki Wong bows in CPH:DOX Next Wave
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In competition in CPH:DOX: Whispers In May is just lovely. A sensitive, perceptive account of the moment right at the very end of childhood. www.screendaily.com/reviews/whis...
‘Whispers In May’ review: Lyrical, warm Chinese debut is poignant blend of documentary and fiction
Dongnan Chen's CPH:DOX competition title follows three teenage girls on a momentous journey
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A few favourites from CPH:DOX: Amazomania is a deft interrogation of documentary ethics. Loved this smart, provocative film. www.screendaily.com/reviews/amaz...
‘Amazomania’ review: Agile doc reframes 1996 expedition to isolated Korubo community
Swedish filmmaker Nathan Grossman's CPH:DOX title was made in collaboration with the Korubo people
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Just landed in rainy Copenhagen for five days of documentaries at CPH:DOX. One of my favourite film festivals. Stay tuned for some reviews.
Another highlight in Berlin's competition, Emin Alper's tale of a Turkish blood feud, Salvation. www.screendaily.com/reviews/salv...
‘Salvation’ review: Emin Alper weaves timely tale of prophecy, paranoia and blood feuds in rural Turkey
The director's second Berlin competition title follows two warring clans in the Turkish mountains
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My review of Rose: My favourite so far from Berlin's competition, and further proof that Sandra Hüller is one of the finest actors currently working. www.screendaily.com/reviews/rose...
‘Rose’ review: Sandra Hüller is phenomenal in arresting character study set in 17th-century Germany
Markus Schleinzer's black-and-white Berlin Competition title also stars impressive newcomer Caro Braun
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First of my Berlin reviews. Very impressed by Mouse, from the team behind Saint Frances www.screendaily.com/reviews/mous...
‘Mouse’ review: Rich, bittersweet US coming-of-age drama from ‘Saint Frances’ filmmakers
The latest work from Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson bows in Berlin Panorama
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I know we use the description “worst movie ever made’ in a fairly profligate manner but I just watched Take me High, the 1973 film that finished Cliff Richard’s acting career. And holy shit, it’s bad.
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Heading to Tromso today for the film festival. Thermals packed. Hoping for great cinema and - just maybe - a glimpse of aurora borealis.
Hamnet is an earthy, grounded tale of grief. Jessie Buckley is a force of nature as Shakespeare’s witchy wife in an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the tragedy that inspired Hamlet. Read @wendyide.bsky.social's review now: https://bit.ly/3Z3tJfk
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Jessie Buckley is a force of nature as Shakespeare’s witchy wife in an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the tragedy that inspired Hamlet
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First time watch tonight: Straight Time (1978) starring a never better Dustin Hoffman as a recently released ex-con. How have I never seen this before? It’s phenomenal.
Big thanks to Mubi for a New Year celebration kit, to promote Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s series The New Years. I’m a huge fan of Sorogoyen’s terrific drama The Beasts, so this is top of my watch list.
So proud to send my kid off to an early Halloween party in a Babadook costume. I feel that this is a film education win all round.
Animation fans at LFF: check out the gloriously batshit ChaO www.screendaily.com/reviews/chao...
’ChaO’ review: Anarchic Japanese anime imagines a fantastical near-future Shanghai
Animator Yasuhiro Aoki makes his debut with this energetic tale of human-merpeople relationships
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Another Venice review: Ali Asgari’s cine-literate satire Divine Comedy. www.screendaily.com/reviews/divi...
‘Divine Comedy’ review: Ali Asgari skewers Iranian cultural restrictions in witty satire
Charming performances carry Asgari's fifth feature about a fictional director attempting to screen his latest film in Tehran
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Honeyland director Tamara Kotevska returns with the lovely, lyrical Tale of Silyan www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-...
‘The Tale Of Silyan’ review: Tamara Kotevska follows ‘Honeyland’ with portrait of Macedonian farmer
Lyrical hybrid documentary charts the highs and lows of rural life in modern Macedonia
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