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Blu-Ray Review: One of Our Aircraft is Missing

No one made films quite like Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Cinema which lifted the spirits until they soared. They collaborated twenty-four times in total, between 1939 and 1972, making…

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Film Review: Souad

Like most men, I was simply unaware of the sheer magnitude of the issues faced by girls and women on a daily basis. The #METOO movement has opened many eyes…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Pawnbroker

When Rod Steiger received an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Marlon Brando’s brother in On the Waterfront it seemed like he’d made it. However, during the next decade…

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Film Review: After Love

If you’re an avid watcher of British television it’s likely that Joanna Scanlan will be a familiar face, although there’s a chance you might struggle to place her. The Welsh…

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Blu-Ray Review: Radio On

There’s something about America which makes it ripe for a roundtrip. This undoubtedly has a lot to do with its geography, prevalence of major highways and distances between large cities.…

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Blu-ray Review: La Haine

Paris, the City of Lights. The most romantic place in the world. When you visit the French capital you mostly see the dream. Travel out of the city into some…

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LFF Review: Mogul Mowgli

Of all the British actors who have made their breakthrough over the past decade, it’s perhaps Riz Ahmed who has made the biggest impression. Since coming to prominence in Four…

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TRACK: Haiku Salut to release two short film scores – “Pattern Thinker” is out today

DERBYSHIRE’S brilliant post-folkrock trio Haiku Salut will be releasing two new ten-minute tracks over the next week, both in response to a commission by Live Cinema UK, in which the…

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NEWS: BFI to premiere new Delia Derbyshire film – watch the trailer

CAROLINE CATZ’S hotly anticipated new film about the life of Doctor Who theme writer and all-round early electronica genius Delia Derbyshire: The Myths & The Legendary Tapes is to be premiered…

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BFI London Film Festival 2020 Preview

The BFI London Film Festival 2020 is, for obvious reasons, looking a bit different this year. The stars of the film world will not be descending on London in their…

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