Award Winning Independent Cinema
Category: Film
Never Rarely Sometimes Always: “bold and fearless film-making”
Tuesday 19th May 2020
The third film from director Eliza Hittman, the film was featured in a Reclaim The Frame event on 14 May. You can watch Mia Bays’ interview with Eliza Hittman on our Facebook page.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always tells the story of 17-year-old Autumn. Living with … Continue Reading
Films To Uplift You During Lockdown
Tuesday 19th May 2020
It’s been a difficult time, and while we’re still having to spend a lot of time at home, a lot of us are watching far more TV. If you’re thinking of watching a film, either with friends or family or on your own, try these 6 heart-warming films … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Artist “feels like a newly-discovered gem”
Tuesday 12th May 2020
A daring concept, beautifully presented, The Artist became the cinematic phenomenon of 2011. Working on the idea of a modern silent film, this was a project years in development for director and screenwriter, Michel Hazanavicius.
The Artist was initially put on limited release, and soon became a … Continue Reading
Border review – “An intense, dark fable”
Thursday 7th May 2020
Review by Lila Taylor
You can watch the film for a limited time on channel 4: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/border.
Border (2018) is Ali Abbasi’s intense, dark fable of the modern world about misfit, Tina – an intuitive, level-headed customs officer.
The Swedish production is an intimate … Continue Reading
Justice is Served by Nick Remy Matthews
Friday 1st May 2020
Justice is a very special six year old with a passion for scams. With his seventh birthday fast approaching he comes up with an audacious plan: to get the penthouse suite in a flash hotel so he and his best mate Alice can have the night of their lives.
Justice is … Continue Reading
More Than Stories by Anya Lewin
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
More than Stories is a film composed of three parts and made over 12 years, that has at its heart the haunted memories of Jewish life embedded in stories passed down to artist Anya Lewin by her father. The film takes place in three different cities that his family inhabited during … Continue Reading
Film Review: Rear Window
Tuesday 21st April 2020
Our reviewer Helen Tope revisits Hitchcock’s classic.
Sitting in Alfred Hitchcock’s creative high-point, Rear Window is a textbook thriller. While it doesn’t have the psychosexual drama of Vertigo, Rear Window (released in 1954) treads tonally between the rooftop capers of To Catch a Thief and the nail-shredding tension of … Continue Reading
Reclaim The Frame Events This Week – Misbehaviour and Laura Mulvey
Tuesday 21st April 2020
In their mission to bring ever-greater audiences to films by women, Reclaim The Frame have moved their activities online for now. There are two fantastic events coming up this week.
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Misbehaviour (12A)
Online Discussion Wednesday 22 April, 6.00pm
Oscar-winning producer and Birds’ Eye View Director-at-large Mia Bays will be in … Continue Reading