The interview: Mike Leigh

The British director’s latest film, Peterloo, recounts the 1819 massacre of protesters demanding parliamentary reform in Manchester, UK. He speaks to Sam Thompson about the relationship between cinema, history and politics.

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NI 516 - The dirt on waste - November, 2018

Mixed Media: Film

Highlights from Hot Docs, the major documentary film festival held annually in Toronto, Canada.

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NI 514 - The next financial crisis - July, 2018
Pio and friends – keeping the family business going.

Mixed Media: Film

The Ciambra directed and written by Jonas Carpignano;
In the Fade directed and co-written by Fatih Akin.

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NI 513 - A better media is possible - June, 2018
Holding up in an unkind world: Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman is detailed, convincing and moving.

Mixed Media: Film

A Fantastic Woman, written and directed by Sebastián Lelio; Custody (Jusqu’à la garde), written and directed by Xavier Legrand.

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NI 510 - Black Lives Matter - March, 2018

Mixed Media: Best of 2017

What a year! We’re all in need of some light relief – here we pick out the top films, books and music reviewed by New Internationalist in 2017

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NI 509 - What's left for the young? - January, 2018
Dolores Huerta, mobilizing farm workers in 1960s US.

Mixed Media: Film

Dolores directed by Peter Bratt; Félicité directed and co-written by Alain Gomis.

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NI 508 - Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent - December, 2017
Rungano Nyoni brings feminist intent to her debut film about a girl accused of witchcraft.

Mixed Media: Film

I Am Not a Witch, directed and written by Rungano Nyoni; Menashe, directed and co-written by Joshua Z Weinstein

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NI 507 - Humans vs robots - November, 2017
Photo:  NG Images / Alamy Stock Photo

And finally... Toni Myers

Training astronauts to shoot film? All in a day's work for the Canadian documentary filmmaker, writes Cristiana Moisescu.

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NI 496 - World Fiction Special - Exquisite short stories - October, 2016

HotDocs Festival - Film review special

Richard Swift reviews some of the best offerings at the world's largest documentary film festival.

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NI 494 - Smiley-faced monopolists - July, 2016

And finally... Ramin Bahrani

The system is rigged, but it can be changed, the US-Iranian film director tells Malcolm Lewis.

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NI 488 - 10 economic myths - December, 2015
Mixed Media: Hot Docs Film Festival special

Mixed Media: Hot Docs Film Festival special

Richard Swift picks out some highlights from the 2015 documentary film festival.

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015
Lust, curiosity and some dark comedy in Carol  Morley's The Falling.

Mixed media: film reviews

Phoenix and The Falling reviewed by Malcolm Lewis.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
The Overnighters – sex and homelessness in fracking boom Middle America.

Film reviews

The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss; The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
Pride – a rousing and utterly magnificent true story.

Mixed media: Film

Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus; Still the Enemy Within, directed by Owen Gower.

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NI 476 - Cuba - October, 2014
Photo: Stephen Barker

And finally... Xiaolu Guo

The award-winning novelist and film director tells Graeme Green about growing up in rural China, freedom, censorship and loneliness.

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NI 473 - The politics of language loss - June, 2014
Joel Ryan/PA Photos

Interview with Saleh Bakri

The Palestinian actor tells Frank Barat why fame will not change him - or his passion for justice for his people.

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NI 468 - Fracking - the gathering storm - December, 2013

John Pilger: Australia's silent apartheid

The investigative journalist and filmmaker tells Hazel Healy about his new film, and explains why Australia is still on an international ‘shame list’.

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NI 467 - Time to rethink disability - November, 2013

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
The dirt on waste November, 2018
The next financial crisis July, 2018
A better media is possible June, 2018
Black Lives Matter March, 2018
What's left for the young? January, 2018
Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent December, 2017
Humans vs robots November, 2017
World Fiction Special - Exquisite short stories October, 2016
Smiley-faced monopolists July, 2016
10 economic myths December, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Global banking now May, 2015
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Fracking - the gathering storm December, 2013
Fracking - the gathering storm December, 2013
Time to rethink disability November, 2013
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