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.
Category Archives: Features
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
BSFF 2012 Closing Event: Highlights of the British Silent Film Fest
As the lights of Cambridge rose in the dusk of Sunday evening, the curtains also drew to a close on the 15th British Silent Film Festival. Mike Boyd reports back from a night to remember.
Speak of The Devils
Over forty years since its initial opening, Ken Russell’s towering creation emerges from its enforced purgatory. Edd Elliott takes an in depth look at THE DEVILS.
British Silent Film Festival 2012
The British Silent Film Festival will be celebrating its 15th Anniversary in Cambridge at the Arts Picturehouse with a four-day programme starting on April 19th. Look out for special print copies of TAKE ONE at the Picturehouse and around Cambridge and read full coverage here at takeonecff.com
Shifting ground: an interview with D R Hood
David Perilli interviewed DR Hood, who will present her well-received directorial feature debut, WRECKERS, at the Arts Picturehouse on April 24th.