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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS 12 (Lucasfilm) At times the latest addition to the Star Wars saga feels like someone has taken a stencil of A New Hope and just used different …
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS 12 (Lucasfilm) At times the latest addition to the Star Wars saga feels like someone has taken a stencil of A New Hope and just used different …
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Dir: Jeff Nichols (12A, 111 mins) Jeff Nichols is the writer/director behind such classy art house fares as Take Shelter and Mud, films that helped reinvigorate careers in the …
HARDCORE HENRY Dir: Ilya Naishuller (15, 90 mins) A first person shooter video game as a whole film? There’s no denying some of the ingenuity on show in Hardcore Henry, …
The acting queen of Wales Siân Phillips speaks with Chris Williams about the Welsh language, Rufus Wainwright and damehood. “No, in a word” laughs Dame Siân Phillips when asked if …
EYE IN THE SKY Dir: Gavin Hood (15, 102 mins) A claustrophobic thriller that grips as it delves into the murky morality of drone warfare over the course of …
EDDIE THE EAGLE Dir: Dexter Fletcher (12A, 105 mins) The bizarre true life tale of ski jumper Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards is given the Hollywood treatment, as an apparent loser …
BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS Dir: Jamie Adams (15, 85 mins) Welsh film maker Jamie Adams returns with his third and most accomplished film to date, following Benny and Jolene and A Wonderful …
THE PASSING/YR YMADAWIAD (Dir: Gareth Bryn) The Passing is a fascinating contradiction of a film, where nothing is quite what it appears to be. Not only does it …
If you’re one of the many people who have turned the detective series Hinterland from a S4C cult drama to a bonafide international hit, chances are you’re a fan of Gareth …
Amanda Hunt speaks with Alice Lowe, star of Sightseers and Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace about her new film Black Mountain Poets. When neurotic sisters Lisa (Alice Lowe) and Claire Walker (Dolly Wells) are …
On Thursday 10th March 2016 at the Chapter Arts, Cardiff, there was a special screening of the new Ben Wheatley film High-Rise. However, not only were we lucky enough to …
Joe Richards casts his beady eye on what’s coming up at the WOW Film Festival. March is a great time to be a film fan in Cardiff, as the long-running …
On Thursday 10th March 2016 Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre will be hosting a special screening of High-Rise. Included in this event will be a Q&A with director Ben Wheatley and star Luke Evans. …
In case you were wondering, my favourite film of all time is Raiders of the Lost Ark. This wasn’t always the case. When I was growing up, I watched it …
COMIC CON CYMRU | EVENT PREVIEW Cardiff is slowly but surely developing a well-deserved reputation for being a place where unusual, left-of-centre and yes I’ll say it, downright quirky events …
COUNTDOWN TO THE FORCE AWAKENS | A LOOK BACK AT STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI I may be in the minority when I say this, but Star …
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE VERY, VERY BAD | FILM ROUND UP 2015 Joe Richards reminisces over the highs and lows of 2015’s cinematic releases, from Studio Ghibli to …
CAROL | FILM REVIEW Carol – based on Patricia Highsmith’s semi-autobiographical novel The Price of Salt – is the perfect film, the type of film that rarely gets made …
BRIDGE OF SPIES | FILM REVIEW Bridge of Spies is almost a film of two halves– the first being ‘Mr Hanks Goes to Washington’ as Tom Hanks defends Mark …
COMPETITIONS | OCTOBER WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO BUZZ PRESENTS… AT KUKU CLUB This month at our very own live music and club night we present… drum roll please… …
COMPETITIONS | SEPTEMBER TICKETS TO SEE THE SATURDAYS “We’re not trying to be cool or anything that we’re not, we are pure pop and we’re not embarrassed about that …
COMPETITIONS | AUGUST TICKETS TO SEE SISTER SLEDGE Get on your disco shoes and get dancing down to The Corran ResortAnd Spa – soul stars Sister Sledge are coming …
JON RONSON GETS FRANK ABOUT FRANK Jon Ronson, writer of surreal comedy-drama film Frank, returns to Cardiff to tell the true story of his time with Frank Sidebottom – …
COMPETITIONS | JULY TICKETS TO SEE SHOW BOAT Hailing all the way from South Africa, Cape Town Opera are bringing a musical tale of America’s Deep South to …