Gemini (双生児 1999)
A welcome release for Tsukamoto Shinya’s Gemini because it’s high time that it received a reappraisal, especially in context of the other recent releases from the director covering films from across his career, including the recent triple bill Killing / Haze /... »Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
Amazing sound in the cinema, and indeed home entertainment, is something that we accept as completely normal these days but it’s a technology that is less than a hundred years old. Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound takes us on a journey into the world of movie... »Blue Spring ( 青い春 2001)
Japanese high-school tensions turn violent in boy-gang conflict in this vibrant yet succinct tale of teenage angst where the protagonists’ future desires are undefined and unrealised. Blue Spring is a manga adaptation in its most rhythmic gory glory.... »The Changeling (1980)
The impressive Cheesman house has a dark and sinister history: and it appears that “it doesn’t want people”. It does have a new resident in the form of John Russell (George C. Scott), who will have to face the horrors and ominous revelations of the old... »The Wound (Inxeba 2017)
Tribal coming-of-age initiation ritual for the Xhosa men take the form of an annual meeting, away from the cities, amidst the mountains of the Eastern Cape. John Trengove’s compelling Oscar nominated film depicts the ancient rituals outside the contemporaneity... »The Midwife (Sage femme, 2017)
“What would you do if someone from your past reappeared?” And what would you do if your step-mother, who is a bit like Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous, suddenly appears in your life after thirty years, with the intention of starting an endless party in your presence?... »The Levelling (2016)
Hope Dickson Leach’s debut drama is one that addresses of a number of issues as a father and daughter attempt to understand the son’s recent brutal death whilst coming to terms with their own differences – their confrontations from the past and their... »It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017)
Recollections of the Fab Four’s concept album in this new documentary.
»Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? (2016)
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? is a poignant film about an estranged family trying to reconcile their relationships, amidst religious and cultural concerns, engaging with each other across continents. It is also a film about how music can bring hope in times of... »The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
Quentin Crisp’s autobiography with an introduction by its subject in this classic TV film from Thames.
»The Goose Steps Out (1942)
Classic Will Hay wartime comedy released uncut and restored so help me Goebbels.
»Running a Creative Company in the Digital Age
Lucy Baxter’s fascinating and accessible book on starting a business in the modern age.
»The Proud Valley (1940)
Community, choir, and coal-mining combine in Ealing’s wartime drama.
»Zombie Lake (Le lac des morts vivants, 1981)
Nazi zombies yearn for human blood by the lakeside in this Euro-horror from Jean Rollin.
»Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg (Helga, la louve de Stilberg, 1978)
Political sleaze abounds in this notorious entry in the women in prison canon.
»Through The Wall (Laavor et hakir 2016)
With her wedding day approaching Michal needs just one thing. A groom.
»The Blue Lamp (1950)
A police drama classic from Ealing restored and reissued.
»Jaws in Space : Powerful Pitching for Film & TV Screenwriters
If you need to get the right pitch for your masterpiece here is your tuning fork.
»Summertime (La belle saison 2015)
City and countryside combine and compete in Catherine Corsini’s romantic drama of early 1970’s female emancipation.
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