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Timbuktu

September 2016

  • Yinka Shonibare MBE: with his work The British Library at Turner Contemporary, Margate (on display until 30 October).

    On my radar
    On my radar: Yinka Shonibare’s cultural highlights

    The artist reveals the best way to see London’s architecture, his love of Pina Bausch and some in-depth reading on African culture

January 2016

  • Mad Max: Fury Road.

    Mad Max: Fury Road is Rotten Tomatoes' best-reviewed film of 2015

    Oscar contenders Room, Brooklyn, Carol and Amy were also honoured at the critical aggregator’s annual Golden Tomato awards

September 2015

  • Heroes and villains: Paul Dano’s Brian Mk 1 and the Beach Boys in Love & Mercy.

    Film blog
    The best films of 2015 (so far) - US

  • First class trip ... Taxi to Tehran

    Film blog
    The best films of 2015 so far – UK

31 May 2015

  • Timbuktu

    Timbuktu review – defiant song of a nation in peril

    A formidable work of anger and compassion set against Mali’s bloody cultural struggle with Islamic militants

28 May 2015

  • Powerfully expressed … Timbuktu.

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    Timbuktu review – a cry from the heart

    African director Abderrahmane Sissako’s insightful drama about a family and a city shattered by bigotry and violence teeters between hope and despair
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    Timbuktu - video review

    In this extract from the Guardian film show, Peter Bradshaw, Xan Brooks and Catherine Shoard review Abderrahmane Sissako's drama set in an African village

    • The Guardian film show
      The Guardian film show: San Andreas, The Goob, Timbuktu – video reviews

    • Timbuktu's director: why I dared to show hostage-taking jihadis in a new light

    • Guardian Africa network
      Abderrahmane Sissako: the vanguard of African cinema

February 2015

  • Ida Agata Trzebuchowska

    Oscar predictions 2015
    Oscars 2015: what will win best foreign language film?

    The Academy creeps towards world cinema credibility with a slate of acclaimed nominees, from Pawlikowski’s wistful Ida to short story collection Wild Tales

December 2014

  • Leviathan

    Best foreign language Oscar slimmed down to nine contenders

    Shortlist announced for the prestigious best foreign film Academy Award, with Russia’s Leviathan duking it out with Poland’s Ida

October 2014

  • african cinema

    Guardian Africa network
    African cinema: the five best political films

    Magnus Taylor picks his favourites from the upcoming Film Africa festival in London – from a pro-democracy struggle to a city battling religious extremists

September 2014

  • Gaspard Ulliel in the French film Saint Laurent

    Oscars race for best foreign-language film expands as Saint Laurent biopic sashays in

    Andrew Pulver: French film about fashion designer faces strong competition from other foreign-language favourites, including the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night

May 2014

  • Leviathan

    Cannes 2014: all the films we reviewed – which do you most want to see?

  • Timothy Spall addresses the audience after winning best actor for Mr Turner

    Film blog
    Cannes 2014 awards: Timothy Spall an anchor in a stormy night of surprises

  • Cannes 2014 roundup: from Graceless of Monaco to a Turner masterpiece

  • Timbuktu

    First look review
    Cannes 2014: Timbuktu review – searing fundamentalist drama

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