ARTHUR & MERLIN: KNIGHTS OF CAMELOT | DIRECTOR INTERVIEW
ARTHUR & MERLIN: KNIGHTS OF CAMELOT Shot entirely in Wales over 17 days – one-day filming in Caerphilly Castle, the rest around Dunraven Bay and Ogmore-by-Sea – Arthur & Merlin: …
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ARTHUR & MERLIN: KNIGHTS OF CAMELOT Shot entirely in Wales over 17 days – one-day filming in Caerphilly Castle, the rest around Dunraven Bay and Ogmore-by-Sea – Arthur & Merlin: …
GREYHOUND Dir: Aaron Schneider (12 93 mins) Tom Hanks brings focus to the hardships endured in the Battle for The Atlantic during World War II in this CGI heavy but …
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Lee packs powerful fact, cut aways and Martin Luther King speeches within the action, creating an urgent political treatise, painfully relevant in the here and now.
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KEIRON SELF PICKS THE BEST FILMS TO STREAM IN LOCKDOWN | FEATURE With the world on lockdown, who do we turn to for escapism? Streaming films and shows made …
SUBMARINE (BFI Player) Set in 1980s South Wales, Richard Ayoade’s first film is a laugh-out-loud, coming-of-age comedy based on the novel by Swansea’s own Joe Dunthorne. Following the hopelessly …
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As venues, galleries and cinemas close to prevent the spread of coronavirus, you might feel like you’re not quite getting your usual cultural fix. That’s why we’ve compiled a little …
THE PAINTED BIRD **** Dir: Václav Marhoul (18, 169 mins) A gruelling uncomfortable epic, brilliantly shot in monochrome, Václav Marhoul’s film has caused mass walkouts thanks to its unflinching brutality, …
VIVARIUM **** Dir: Lorcan Finnegan (15, 97 mins) A suffocating satire on suburban life, this dark drama feels like an episode of Black Mirror or The Twilight Zone. Jesse Eisenberg …
MULAN *** Dir: Niki Caro (12A, 120 mins) Another remake from the Disney back catalogue. Thankfully, this isn’t a shot-for-shot CGI folly (like the immensely successful but pointless The Lion …
A QUIET PLACE PART II **** Dir: John Krasinski (15, 120 mins) Following the nerve-shredding events of the first film (a surprising and worthy critical and box office smash), the …
BLOODSHOT ** Dir: David S.F. Wilson (12A, 100 mins) Another month, another new superhero film. This comes from a different table than Marvel and DC though. Valiant Comics are now …
MISBEHAVIOUR **** Dir: Philippa Lowthorpe (12A, 106 mins) Set around the 1970 Miss World competition, this comedy drama gives several perspectives to that cheesiest of events, the beauty pageant. Keira …
MY SPY ** Dir: Peter Segal (12A, 102 mins) Like Arnie (Kindergarten Cop), Vin Diesel (The Pacifier) and most recently John Cena (Playing With Fire) before him, hardened fighter Dave …
8 ½ (Blu-Ray) ‘Masterpiece’ is an overused term, but Federico Fellini’s 1963 landmark movie is one of the few films that truly deserves that title. Striking a …
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ONWARD **** Dir: Dan Scanlon (PG, 100 mins) A comedy action road movie set in a fantasy world where magic has been forgotten, this new Pixar film looks set to …