Award Winning Independent Cinema

J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) and John Constable (1776–1837), though contemporaries and arguably the two greatest British landscape painters of their time, seemed to develop vastly different artistic styles. Like the social media of today, the newspapers of the period did not hold back on criticising the overuse of the colour yellow … Continue Reading

The film opens with a mesmerising depiction of the Shakers’ ecstatic woodland dances. This sets the stage to go back a few years earlier to Manchester, England, in the 18th century, where the roots of this fervent religious movement are revealed.

Initially, the movement was a small, private sect known as … Continue Reading

Here are some resources about online safeguarding for young people – and for anyone wanting to spend less time on smartphones and more time in real life!

Our panellists for presented a wonderfully wise and informative discussion around social media and safeguarding for young people after we screened Molly Vs … Continue Reading

There are few books that shorthand themselves so readily as Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights. Windswept moors, doomed lovers, youthful angst. A passionate, yearning love for the ages. It’s an easy sell. But Bronte’s multi-generational saga presents several challenges to the film-maker who … Continue Reading

The French New Wave was born in the pages of the “Cahiers du Cinéma” magazine in the 1950s. Its writers, including François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette and Jean-Luc Godard, championed a new vision of cinema that would discard the plodding adaptation of literary classics, and instead … Continue Reading

The History of Sound emerges as a quietly radiant romance set during the First World War, unfolding with sensitivity and visual elegance. The film is anchored by the deeply felt performances of Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, whose portrayals of Lionel and David bring an intimate authenticity to the … Continue Reading

It’s fair to say that cinema has found a great deal to mine from Shakespeare. Whether it’s the man himself, hurrying along to the playhouse, trying to stave off writer’s block, in John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love, or Laurence Olivier’s smiling villain, played-to-camera, in … Continue Reading