Author Archives: The Language of Film

Dreaming of You: The Making of the Coral

A music documentary taking a nostalgic look back at the journey of ‘the Coral‘, a band hitting in the 2000s, formed by a group of six high school friends, from a ‘tea-side’ town in the Wirral, Merseyside, who went from the school rehearsal rooms to Top of the Pops and touring the USA with Supergrass.Continue reading “Dreaming of You: The Making of the Coral”

The Road to Patagonia

A road trip documentary to beat all road trips if you like surfing, motorbikes and outdoor adventure but what elevates this to a less than ordinary journey is the spiritual and natural world guidance empirically gathered by Aussie Matty Hannon, a surfer and ecology student, who sets out to surf 80,000km of the pacific coastContinue reading “The Road to Patagonia”

Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade

A documentary film piecing together the last decade of John Lennon’s life provides a look back at the events leading up to the fateful day in December 1980 when one of the UK’s most famous musicians was murdered outside the Dakota his adopted second home in New York. Directed by Alan G Parker, a musicContinue reading “Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade”

Sunray: Fallen Soldier

Sunray: Fallen Soldier is a film about an army veteran who goes out to get revenge on the drug syndicate behind the death of his daughter from a drug overdose, going on a vigilante killing spree with a little help from his old colleagues. Available on digital platforms and selected UK cinemas from 24th JanuaryContinue reading “Sunray: Fallen Soldier”

Hard Truths

Pansy (Marianne Jean_Baptiste) is at odds with the world and is taking it out on her nearest and dearest in Mike Leigh’s latest social realism film about contemporary London family life. Shot in North West London, it is a domestic tragicomedy that’s bound to be a heartwarming tear jerker from the maestro director of improvisation.Continue reading “Hard Truths”

Wilding

Based on the best seller The Book of Wilding, this is the story of Knepp Castle’s 400 year old estate in the south-east of England, which sees a farming family seek an unprecedented departure from its agricultural and dairy tradition to a rewilding project of the land never seen before in the UK. Available onContinue reading “Wilding”

That Christmas

Written by Richard Curtis and featuring some familiar voices including Brian Cox, Bill Nighy and Fiona Shaw supporting a cast of children, this is a Christmas animation with a family community message about a small UK seaside town and its inhabitants’ yuletide capers. Now available to watch on Netflix. Rated PG.

The Contestant

A Japanese reality TV star is left naked in a room for more than a year tasked with filling out magazine competitions to earn food and clothing to survive. The Contestant will be hitting UK cinemas nationwide from 29th November. Japanese TV is renown for its game shows where contestants have to do bizarre andContinue reading “The Contestant”