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Rita di Santo
on falling
Interview / 18 March 2025
18 March 2025
RITA DI SANTO speaks to Laura Carreira about her study of workers in an Amazon warehouse,  On Falling
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Interview / 6 November 2024
6 November 2024
In the second of a two-part report RITA DI SANTO speaks to Palestinian film-maker Mohammed Almughanni
Cannes
Cannes film festival 2024 / 26 May 2024
26 May 2024
RITA DI SANTO casts an eye over the winners - and the overlooked films - from this year’s festival
megapolis
Cannes Festival 2024 / 21 May 2024
21 May 2024
RITA DI SANTO assesses the political reaction to Francis Coppola’s epic, self-funded depiction of the decline of the US empire
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Cinema / 5 May 2024
5 May 2024
RITA DI SANTO looks at what is on offer
Red Sea FF
Interview / 12 December 2023
12 December 2023
RITA DI SANTO interviews Kaleem Aftab, director of the Red Sea Film Festival 
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Film Festival / 2 October 2023
2 October 2023
RITA DI SANTO relishes the mix of traditional and innovative films on offer, and particularly the rich sample of new Latin American work
film festival round up
Film Festival / 29 May 2023
29 May 2023
Star critic RITA DI SANTO recommends two outstanding depictions of working-class lives in England and Finland as the pick of the bunch
cannes
Cannes / 8 May 2023
8 May 2023
RITA DI SANTO looks forward to political offerings at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival 
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Culture / 7 December 2022
7 December 2022
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Cinema / 16 June 2022
16 June 2022
RITA DI SANTO reels off her disappointment at Sundance 2022 Festival's tedious mediocrity
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Culture / 17 February 2022
17 February 2022
RITA di SANTO recommends a series of films that address admirably present-day concerns