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Secret Cinema have pioneered the concept of ‘live cinema’, transforming film into a uniquely dynamic performance, whilst encouraging thousands to hand over cash without ever knowing what film they were going to see. It plunges film fans into an interactive […]
★☆☆☆☆ Every now and then, a press quote on a film poster can ring so falsely as to make you question whether the individual cited had, in fact, watched the same film. A hasty comparison made between Paul China’s abject […]
★★★☆☆ Jan Schmidt-Garre has found the creative process as a constant draw and his production company has presented music and the arts on film since its formation. The director’s output – whether factual or narrative – has been preoccupied by […]
★★☆☆☆ Produced by Guillermo del Toro, the visionary filmmaker responsible for putting Spanish-language fantasy back on the map with efforts such as Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth, Andrés Muschietti’s Mama (2013) has clearly taken its cues not only […]
★★★☆☆ Specially commissioned by the BBC for its hugely successful Storyville television strand before being picked up for theatrical distribution by Verve Pictures, British documentarian Marc Isaacs’ latest film The Road: A Story of Life and Death (2012) is an […]