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”
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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”
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”
Blitz
The opening Gala night of the BFI London Film Festival got off to an epic start with Steve McQueen’s Blitz, the story of the World War II bombings of London told through the eyes of a young boy. The film features an eclectic ensemble of stars including Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Graham, Kathy Burke, Harris Dickinson,Continue reading “Blitz”
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”
Priscilla
Director Sofia Coppola brought her latest film Priscilla for the red carpet treatment at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. The biographical story of Priscilla Presley, wife of Elvis, has been adapted from the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon. Priscilla tells her story of how a young girl falls inContinue reading “Priscilla”
The Language of Film 