The Wonderful Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
Gavin Midgley looks at the works of Powell and Pressburger, from patriotic wartime propaganda via the vivacious Archers Film Productions to that influential post-Pressburger classic, PEEPING TOM.
Category Archives: Features
Ken Loach Interview
“I’d like to annihilate the term ‘social realism'”: Ken Loach was recently in Cambridge and Jim Ross got the opportunity to talk to him about THE ANGELS’ SHARE.
Focus On: Bela Tarr
Mike O’Brien takes us through the work of Bela Tarr, the “most uncompromising of filmmakers” whose film THE TURIN HORSE is on release this week.
Focus On: Wes Anderson
With the release of his latest feature film, MOONRISE KINGDOM, Wes Anderson is back in heightened colour. Ann Linden revisits his previous features.
Focus On: The Alien Films
“You never quite forget a film that gives you a serious bout of nightmares, and if you’re like me, that fosters a sort of fondness too.” Jen Williams revisits the ALIEN films.
Spring and Port Wine
To anyone who knows it only from their own performance in the schoolroom, SPRING AND PORT WINE sticks in the memory as a ”Peter and Jane” introduction to social deprivation and teen pregnancy.
UK Green Film Festival Preview
Jim Ross previews the UK Green Film Festival (18th-20th May) and speaks to co-founder John Long
Nudity, Profanity, and Xylophones
The Grand Illusion Cinema’s exclusive screening of the VHS Variety Specials, footage courtesy of Scarecrow Video: weird, unsettling fun.
Town of Runners
In most areas of rural Ethiopia, there aren’t many opportunities for young women beyond marriage and motherhood. Jerry Rothwell’s documentary, TOWN OF RUNNERS, introduces the farming town of Bekoji: the exception that proves the rule.
Sundance London: Day 1
TAKE ONE’s Mike Boyd is taking in the atmosphere and films at Sundance London, the new UK leg of Robert Redford’s world famous festival