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For the latest in our ongoing series of IFI Talks, and to coincide with our current season on American independent cinema of the 1990s, we are delighted to welcome Dr Laura Canning, Irish filmmaker, writer, and academic, whose doctoral research... Read More
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Not even the biggest fan of Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), arguably Todd Solondz’s real debut following an all-but-disowned feature at the end of the previous decade, and itself a bitingly misanthropic and caustically funny film, could have expected the degree to... Read More
Harmony Korine’s directorial debut was initially greeted with outrage and walkouts, derided and despised by audiences and critics alike; yet it also inspired Gus Van Sant to announce, “Gummo has changed my life”, Bernardo Bertolucci to claim that it has “created... Read More
Although certain themes recur across his body of work, Todd Haynes’s mercurial choices have ensured that his films elude easy categorisation. He has created a suitably gnomic biopic of Bob Dylan (I’m Not There, 2007), shown an unfamiliar side of... Read More
One of the most distinctive of contemporary filmmakers, it was really with Rushmore, his follow-up to debut Bottle Rocket (1996), that what is now so clearly recognisable as Wes Anderson’s style first became identifiable. Anderson regular Jason Schwartzman is Max Fischer, student at... Read More
A particularly fertile example of talent creating work to benefit themselves, Swingers was co-written by and stars Jon Favreau, now part of the Marvel and Star Wars franchises. It also stars Vince Vaughan, whose next job was for Steven Spielberg, prolific Ron Livingston (Office... Read More
Probably no other director to have emerged in American cinema during this decade has attained the elevated status of Paul Thomas Anderson, now generally considered one of the greatest living filmmakers and an exceptional director of actors, a reputation gained... Read More
Even as the decade was filled with exciting tyros, it also proved something of a rehabilitation ground for mavericks whose star had faded, embraced as they were by this new generation. While, for example, Tarantino revivified the careers of fine... Read More
By the mid-‘90s, the Coen Brothers had attained the status of elder statesmen of independent cinema. Although they were beloved of critics, Palme d’Or winners for Barton Fink (1991), and were working with the likes of Paul Newman (The Hudsucker Proxy, 1994),... Read More
ABOUT DRY GRASSES 13:00, 19:15
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: BRITISH & IRISH (PROGRAMME 2) 12.50
CROSSING 13:45, 18:20
I SAW THE TV GLOW 16.00, 20.40
KINDS OF KINDNESS 15:10
NOTES FROM SHEEPLAND 13:15, 18:30 (+Q&A)
SHAYDA
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 16:50
THE CONVERSATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION 20:45
WILD STRAWBERRIES: DRIVING MADELEINE 11.00
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