A documentary on the the very best of the unsung heroes of rock and roll, Nicky Hopkins, a session player pianist who has not just played with the music greats, such as the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, but has been instrumental in some of their recording successes. Here he receives the interview accolades fromContinue reading “The Session Man”
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Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cult classic theatre play and film is celebrating 50 years with a documentary film made about its origins and audience phenomenon. Available on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital from 20th October. Directed by Linus O’Brien the son of Richard, which adds an extra personal touch to an insightful documentary on howContinue reading “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror”
Interview – Ed Sayers
Interview with director Ed Sayers founder of ‘Straight 8‘, who talks to the Language of Film about his feature film ‘Super Nature‘ at this year’s BFI London Film Festival 2025. Screening in UK cinemas from 2026. Please introduce yourself and your film My name is Ed Sayers, I’m a London based filmmaker and my filmContinue reading “Interview – Ed Sayers”
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
A documentary film about the Scottish author Irvine Welsh most famous for his book Trainspotting, his work has been like a tour de force in disrupting the literary world, whose characters mostly deal with drug addiction and crime told with extreme prejudice and wit. Here he shares a retrospective look back at his life, career, politics,Continue reading “Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough “
Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism
This is a documentary about two artists, Ackroyd and Harvey, a couple who use art as activism. Their work spans decades in the UK and here it is shown in particular connection with conservationism and the Extinction Rebellion. In UK and Irish cinemas from 19th September. The film starts with Ackroyd (Heather) and Harvey (Dan) playfully chattingContinue reading “Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism”
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”
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”
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”
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