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Stars: Arielle Cartwright, Liam Walker | Written and Directed by Richard Williams

Making his feature debut, writer/director Richard Williams opens White Blood with nostalgia-tinged scenes of a loving couple in the style of grainy video recordings. It captures the idea of wanting to hold onto past memories, yet this is a momentary comfort as real-life pains intrude when Betty (Arielle Cartwright) receives a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Arriving at a rented house, Betty and her partner, Mark (Liam Walker), intend to spend their last few days happy on their honeymoon before carrying out a suicide pact. As the planned date draws closer, tensions rise as the reality of their actions dawns upon the pair.

What unfolds is a character-focused piece where the two leads are faced with the fragility of human life, and how it causes them to react. Mark is clearly horrified by the idea of losing his beloved and,...

Other titles include Bad Times At El Royale and Park Chan-Wook series The Little Drummer Girl;

The 13th Rome Film Fest (18-28 October) has unveiled its line-up. It will feature in its non-competitive official selection 38 films, including the world premieres of Fede Alvarez’s The Girl In The Spider’s Web with Claire Foy and Gilles De Maistre’s Mia Et Le Lion Blanc, featuring Melanie Laurent.

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Opening with Drew Goddard’s Bad Times At El Royale, Antonio Monda’s fourth edition confirms itself as a “fest” and not a “festival” as the director specifies.