Cinema

Black Nativity

Saturday 7^th December 2013 | Author: Guy de Vito

Christmas films are trundling into multiplexes between California and Copenhagen, as is customary during this time of year, and Black Nativity is the latest offering to the already oversaturated genre. Kasi Lemmons’ fourth feature film [read more]

Floating Skyscrapers

Friday 6^th December 2013 | Author: Jack Hill

An impending cloud of doom looms over Thomasz Wasilewski’s second feature, Floating Skyscrapers – a film that explores one man’s struggle with his own sexuality and the dilemmas he faces as he is torn between his doting girlfriend [read more]

BAFTA – Jim Broadbent: A Life in Pictures

Thursday 5^th December 2013 | Author: Andrew Drummond

Every once in a while, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts invites along a star of the filmmaking world for a Life in Pictures interview. It’s a lengthy discussion of the subject’s life in the movies, exploring their craft [read more]

Benny & Jolene

Thursday 5^th December 2013 | Author: Eleanor MacFarlane

In this film about a boy/girl folk group, Benny and Jolene are pressured to become more commercial and “poppy” the moment they have a breakthrough on the folk scene. This gentle comedy is almost the definition of low-key as we travel [read more]

Half of a Yellow Sun

Thursday 5^th December 2013 | Author: Jennifer Atkinson

When Hollywood actors take a step back into roles that focus more on intense relationships and controversial issues, the results can be unpredictable. Without a blockbuster budget and a cornucopia of special effects, talent cannot be [read more]

A Belfast Story

Tuesday 3^rd December 2013 | Author: Nastassja Smart

A Belfast Story is a film from first-time director Nathan Todd, attempting to address the issue of tension in contemporary post-war Northern Ireland – a war left unresolved and without blame though with many innocent victims. The issue [read more]

N.F.A (No Fixed Abode)

Tuesday 3^rd December 2013 | Author: Aoife O'Driscoll

Director Steve Rainbow’s debut feature N.F.A strives to introduce audiences to the disorientating, harsh and frightening world of the homeless, as told through the eyes of bewildered protagonist Adam Smith (Patrick Baladi, The Office). [read more]

This Ain’t California

Tuesday 3^rd December 2013 | Author: Thoralf Karlsen

This Ain’t California is a curious and compelling retrospective portrait of skateboarding subculture in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), understood through the main subject Denis Paracek and those who were close to him. This is a [read more]

Moshi Monsters: The Movie

Tuesday 3^rd December 2013 | Author: Iona Thomas

The Moshi Monsters website, where children adopt their own monsters and explore the virtual world of Moshi, has achieved massive success, gaining one user per second at its current peak in popularity. The brand has since expanded to [read more]

Nebraska

Monday 2^nd December 2013 | Author: Nigel Booth

Woody Grant has won $1m on the sweepstakes – all he has to do is collect his winnings from Nebraska. This calls for a road trip, with Woody’s son David begrudgingly taking his ornery old man on this beautifully written and sensitively [read more]