Film Preview
Incoming: Men & Chickens
Men & Chicken is a darkly hilarious slapstick comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen about a pair of socially-challenged siblings who discover they are adopted half-brothers in their late father’s videotaped will. Their journey in search of their true father takes them to the small, insular Danish island of Ork, where they stumble upon three additional half-brothers—each …
Incoming: Baskin
It’s an easy night on patrol for Arda, Remzi and the rest of their police unit: a bit of cards, a bit of football, a bit of barbecue. They could never know what to expect when summoned out to support another group of cops at a remote building. And by the time they realize what …
Incoming: The Hard Stop
The racially charged police killing of Mark Duggan in August 2011 ignited the worst civil unrest in recent British history. Duggan’s closest friends, Marcus and Kurtis, take us on a tour of their insulated world, which we pass everyday but never really see. The Hard Stop is out in cinemas on Friday.
Incoming: Notes on Blindness
In the early 1980s, after decades of steady deterioration, writer and academic John Hull lost his sight. To help him make sense of the ensuing upheaval in his life, he began to keep an audio diary. Across three years, he created over 16 hours of material; these recordings would form a unique testimony of loss, …
Incoming: Elvis and Nixon
The most requested photo of the National Archives isn’t of the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, or the Bill of Rights. It’s a picture of President Richard Nixon with Elvis Presley in the Oval Office. The comedy is based on a true story. Elvis wants to join the war on drugs. Presley and Nixon have a …
Incoming: Adult Life Skills
Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum’s garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors – thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn’t show these videos …
Incoming: Remainder
Hit by a falling object in a freak accident, an unnamed man awakens from a coma with £8.5m in compensation and his memory gone. All that remains is a fragmentary image – a small boy at the top of a stairwell in an old house, reaching out his hand to an old lady on the …
East End Film Festival 2016 – Ones to Watch
The East End Film Festival takes place 23rd June – 3rd July in several venues around Eastern Central London. With a diverse range of features and shorts on show, it can be tricky to work out what to see. We had a look at a few of the films screening during the festival. The Darkest …
Incoming: Tale of Tales
Inspired by the celebrated fairytales by Giambattista Basile, Matteo Garrone’s Tale of Tales is an epic vision of cinema. From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis (Salma Hayek) who forfeits the life of her husband (John C. Reilly), to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of the King of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel), …
Film Festival Preview: East End Film Festival 2016
The East End Film Festival is a large multi-platform film festival which showcases a diverse programme of premières, hosts industry masterclasses, free pop-up screenings and immersive live events. The schedule is packed full of an eclectic array of the best new independent films from around the world, showcasing over 50 features and a wealth of …