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Rita di Santo
STUDY OF THE ALIENATED WORKER: Joana Santos as Aurora in On
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
(L) Mohammed Almughanni; (R) An Orange From Jaffa
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
NO SHAME, NO JUDGEMENT: Nykiya Adams as the 12-year-old Bail
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
DREAMLIKE: a still from Francis Coppola's psychedelic depict
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
Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel in Megalopolis (2024)
Cinema / 5 May 2024
5 May 2024
RITA DI SANTO looks at what is on offer
Kaleem Aftab, director of Red Sea Film Festival; a still fro
Interview / 12 December 2023
12 December 2023
RITA DI SANTO interviews Kaleem Aftab, director of the Red Sea Film Festival 
Janet Novas in The Rye Horn
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
Ken Loach's The Old Oak (left) and Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen
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
The new film by Ken Loach: The Old Oak
Cannes / 8 May 2023
8 May 2023
RITA DI SANTO looks forward to political offerings at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival 
Josep Abad and Ainet Jounou in The Gravedigger’s Wife (202
Culture / 7 December 2022
7 December 2022
Khansa as Mohammad
Cinema / 16 June 2022
16 June 2022
RITA DI SANTO reels off her disappointment at Sundance 2022 Festival's tedious mediocrity
Matteo Pittiruti as as Bastianeddu in Paolo Taviani’s Leon
Culture / 17 February 2022
17 February 2022
RITA di SANTO recommends a series of films that address admirably present-day concerns