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Streaming: The Taste of Things and the best films about food

Tran Anh Hung’s simmering gastro-romance is the latest dish in a cinematic feast ranging from The Godfather to The Lunchbox

The Guardian - UK

‘I have not been living in the Himalayas!’ The return of Spirit of the Beehive director Víctor Erice

It is seen as one of the greatest films ever, with the most hypnotic child performance in history. So what has Víctor Erice been doing in the half century since Beehive? As his new film Close Your Eyes hits screens, the Spanish legend reveals all

The Guardian - UK

Finnish Stars Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen Promote Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves

Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen, the Finnish stars of Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves, reflect on their whirlwind tour and the impact of the film.

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From Finland, with love, Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen bring ‘Fallen Leaves’ to Hollywood

Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen, the Finnish stars of Aki Kaurismäki's tragicomic romance “Fallen Leaves," have found themselves in the flurry of Hollywood's awards season, attending the Golden Globe Awards, the Governors Awards as well as many, many screenings as they wait to find out if theirs is one of…

The Independent UK

Zig-a-zig-pah: Finland’s ‘Spice Girls’ find joy in misery – and a Kaurismäki collaboration

Far from their girl-power namesakes, deadpan duo Maustetytöt have topped the charts at home – and found a kindred spirit in the Fallen Leaves director

The Guardian - UK

Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall wins best film at European Film Awards

Drama also claims the prizes for best director, best screenwriter and best actress for Sandra Hüller

The Guardian - UK

Best movies of 2023: 'Oppenheimer,' 'Fallen Leaves,' 'May December'

Associated Press film writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle have named their best movies of 2023

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Fallen Leaves review – Aki Kaurismäki’s almost feelgood romance is a droll delight

Two lonely souls connect in a rain-lashed Helsinki in this unexpectedly uplifting drama from the Finnish master of melancholy

The Guardian - UK

Movie Review: 'Fallen Leaves' is deadpan nirvana

In a movie year rife with grand, three-hour opuses from auteur filmmakers comes a slender 81-minute gem that outclasses them all

The Independent UK

Film show: A couple's story under South Africa's racial classification system

In arts24's weekly film show, critic Lisa Nesselson and Eve Jackson are joined by award-winning French documentary maker Yolande Zauberman to talk about her 1987 film "Classified People". It showed the realities of living under apartheid in South Africa through the eyes of a couple considered inter-racial under the country's…

France 24

2 critics pick their highlights and lowlights from the Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France — As the 76th Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang and culture critic Mary McNamara got together to discuss their highlights (and lowlights) from this year’s event.

Los Angeles Times

Fallen Leaves review – deadpan Aki Kaurismäki comedy with springtime in its heart

Finnish film-maker’s sweet-natured odd-couple romance fills you with a feelgood glow and laughs in the face of Putin’s threat to the country

The Guardian - UK

The Finns hold the secret of happiness – and it is not what you might expect

Finland’s tourist board is running a competition to win a happiness masterclass. Sadly, the prize doesn’t involve drinking in your underwear, writes Emma Beddington

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