Award Winning Independent Cinema
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Film Review: “Everybody in the Place” – Jeremy Deller
Thursday 10th October 2024
If you are my age, dangerously close to 50, or a fan of the Prodigy – you’ll understand the correct response to the title of Jeremy Deller’s illustrated, hour long lecture, is:
“Let’s go”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY87o9IZXWg&ab_channel=TheProdigy
As I previously said I am reasonably old, but not quite old enough to … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Critic – “McKellen revels in the role of Queen Bee among London’s coterie of critics”
Tuesday 8th October 2024
An actor famous for clapping back at critics, Ian McKellen’s latest role as [checks notes] a critic sounds like cinematic kismet. Directed by Anand Tucker, The Critic delivers on this tantalising premise.
Immersed in the London theatre scene since his twenties, critic Jimmy Erskine (played by Ian McKellen) is now looking … Continue Reading
Moving Waters – Artist Moving Image Programme
Thursday 19th September 2024
Moving Waters – curated by A Sometimes Project
These short films will be played before selected films in our October programme. An emerging, experimental arts initiative that aims to create opportunities for artists and audiences, at different locations, some of the time. Instagram: asometimesproject.
My November Guest (Georgie Gentile, 3 mins 28)
Thursday … Continue Reading
Film Review: Freud’s Last Session – “Anthony Hopkins plays a grumpy yet still sharp-minded Freud”
Tuesday 25th June 2024
Most of this film takes place at 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London, where Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna took residence in June 1938 after escaping from Nazi-occupied Vienna. In his ‘den’ filled with his library of books and religious objects, Freud lives in what he regards as an echo … Continue Reading
Best Arts, Culture and Theatre Venue – Muddy Stilettos Awards
Tuesday 11th June 2024
We celebrated our Muddy Stilettos Devon Award on a lovely sunny evening at Shilstone Manor. Thank you for voting us best Arts, Culture and Theatre venue in Devon! Here are Charlotte and Manon collecting the certificate. It was great to meet and chat with the other winners. We’re now up … Continue Reading
Film Review – Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom
Wednesday 26th April 2023
A winner of multiple awards, and nominated for Best International Feature at the 2022 Oscars, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is both a charming tale of self-discovery, and an unsentimental look at life in contemporary China.
Written and directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji, Lunana … Continue Reading
Film review: The Beasts – “a microcosm of global tensions”
Wednesday 12th April 2023
Rural life in a small Spanish village in the mountainous Galician region is hard work, but that is nothing compared with dealing with your neighbours. Middle-aged Antoine Denis (Denis Ménochet) and his wife Olga (Marina Foïs) have moved here to restore old dwellings and to grow crops on their small … Continue Reading
Review: Enys Men + Q&A with Director Mark Jenkin
Wednesday 25th January 2023
The sense of an occasion is palpable as Mark Jenkin introduces Enys Men to a full house, and answers questions from the audience after the film. In particular, he is generous in giving advice and encouragement to young and emerging film makers, stating that living in a relatively remote area … Continue Reading