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”
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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”
Anora
Filmmaker Sean Baker (Tangerine) brings an alternative take on the Cinderella story in Anora. This Palm D’Or winner features a breaking star performance from Mikey Madison. Now in cinemas, rated 18.
The Room Next Door
The Room Next Door is Pedro Almodóvar’s Venice Film Festival winning direction starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Adapted from the book What Are You Going Through it’s Pedro Almodóvar’s first film written in English. Now showing in UK cinemas.
O Dreamland! Lindsay Anderson’s Dark British Cinema
Part of the spring season programme at the BFI O Dreamland! Lindsay Anderson’s Dark British Cinema is dedicated to the unflinching director and influential film critic whose ground breaking work is told through his shorts, documentaries, features and televised theatre that continues to reverberate through British film today. Interview with the BFI Curators James Bell and WilliamContinue reading “O Dreamland! Lindsay Anderson’s Dark British Cinema”
Vindication Swim
A truly epic independent film on a scale never seen before, Vindication Swim is the biopic about the first British woman, Mercedes Gleitze, to swim the English Channel in 1927. A forgotten story of one of women’s sports most incredible endurance achievements, that became almost as challenging out of the water as in it. InContinue reading “Vindication Swim”
The Kitchen
A British film by first time director Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) alongside co-director Kibwe Tavares, The Kitchen is set in a dystopian future not too far from now. Tensions run high in a London housing project called the Kitchen due to the harsh conditions and notably from the oppressive tactics of the law enforcement. MostContinue reading “The Kitchen”
Scala!!!
Scala: Sex, drugs and rock and roll cinema is a documentary film telling the story of the infamous Scala cinema renowned for its all-nighters in one of London’s once seedier parts, Kings Cross, attracting both film and non-film enthusiasts alike, including many future film illuminati. This is a vivid description of one of cinema’s fabledContinue reading “Scala!!!”
Suitable Flesh
Suitable Flesh stars Heather Graham as a psychiatrist who becomes obsessed with a young patient suffering from an extreme personality disorder that leads her into a dangerous family occult. Having opened this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest its release is just in time for the Halloween spook season. Now available in UK cinemas and on TVOD.Continue reading “Suitable Flesh”
Speed is Expensive
You’ve heard of a Harley Davidson, maybe even a Norton but have you heard of the Vincent? No? Well, this is the story of Philip Vincent and his motorcycle manufacturing company which made hand-made British bikes in Stevenage that would dominate the land speed records during the 40s and 50s. Speed Is Expensive will be availableContinue reading “Speed is Expensive”
The Language of Film 