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Thomas Nellen and Jeff Bridges

Makeup artist Thomas Nellen on Jeff Bridges: “He is a very profound human being”

The acclaimed make-up artist talks working on Killers Of The Flower Moon, Avatar: The Way of Water, and his long working relationship with Jeff Bridges.

And the award goes to…8 moments of mischief and scandal at the Academy Awards

Eight moments of iconic Oscar's drama, brought to you by Variety contributor Ben Croll. Illustrations by Orfeo Tagiuri.

Sisterhood, sensitivity and safe spaces: Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters

Exploring the real life story of teenage girls radicalised by extremists, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters merges documentary with re-enactment to create an intimate analysis of their past and present. 

Wandering womb: the exquisite corpse of Bella Baxter

Adapted for screen by Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things, Alasdair Gray’s 1992 steampunk novel, references La Salpêtrière, the famous hysteria hospital of late 19th century Paris. Does its heroine Bella Baxter, a 25 year-old woman with the brain of a baby, epitomise the notion of the ‘wandering womb’?

How Shona Heath created the fantastically freaky world of Poor Things

Shona Heath has long been one of the most in-demand production designers around. Luke Georgiades caught up with Heath to discuss her collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos and how she and James Price breathed life into the world of Poor Things.

Berlinale 2024: A Traveller’s Needs review – a quirky tale of translation 

Hong Sang Soo’s third film with Isabelle Huppert is a rhythmically structured drama that explores the performance and perambulations of the everyday. 

Berlinale 2024: No Other Land review – weapons of violence and creation

A collaboration between Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, this urgent documentary about life on the West Bank explores the resistance of memory to obliteration.

Berlinale 2024: Dahomey review – Africa blossoms, Europe fades

Susan Finlay reviews Mati Diop’s ‘Dahomey’, a searching documentary about the repatriation of colonial artefacts to Africa. Watching from a controversial edition of Berlinale, she finds Germany's contemporary politics are brought to the fore.

Berlinale 2024: Julia von Heinz on Treasure – “Crying is the greatest gift” 

Hannah Ghorashi speaks to Julia von Heinz about 'Treasure', a feature about intergenerational trauma starring Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham.

Berlinale 2024: Janet Planet review – down-to-earth portrait of motherhood

Annie Baker's quiet debut feature explores the dynamics between a carefree mother and her questioning daughter.