“I was kind of disturbed, but I couldn’t look away…”: Curator Charlotte Ross on the attraction of Martin and Lewis
How did it all start for you with Martin and Lewis? I’ve always been a big fan of the Martin Scorsese film, The King of...
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Cliff-Mania: The Very British Rebellion of “The Young Ones”
The bright, lively Hollywood movies of the 50s and 60s are getting a lot of attention in cineaste circles at the moment. As the film...
“She’ll Still Take Steam!”: The Titfield Thunderbolt Bluray Review
The Ealing Comedy holds a fascinating place in British film history and cultural memory. Now, Studio Canal has released one of the studio’s lesser-seen films,...
“She cries, but she still keeps going”: Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese on ‘Lesbian Space Princess’
Lesbian Space Princess is one of the funniest animated comedies in recent years. The film follows the adventures of lesbian space princess Saira (Shabana Azeez)...
“Anyone’s life can be upended”: The Birthday Gift Interviews
The Birthday Party is a fascinating, award-winning short film that sees an Argentine birthday party upended by revelations about it’s characters tragic history. We had...
“Two Lost Souls Destroying Themselves in the City of Lights”: Studio Canal Restores Leaving Las Vegas
StudioCanal’s 4K restoration of Mike Figgis’ Leaving Las Vegas brings gorgeous new life to a melancholy masterpiece. Based on the novel by John O’Brien, the...
“Dying is as Natural as Living”: BFI Re-releases Marilyn Monroe’s Final Film
Less than a year after the release of John Huston’s The Misfits (1961), both of its stars would be dead. Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe,...
‘Olivia’ Review: Ghosts in the Abattoir
In an intense close-up, a terrified cow ambles down the narrow steel passage that leads to its death. The animal’s distressed cries are only punctuated...
“When the lights go down and the curtains open, that’s the show”: Projectionists Andrew Walker and Jennifer Weston-Beyer on Big Screen Formats
Andrew Walker and Jennifer Weston-Beyer are projectionists at the Pictureville Cinema in Bradford, the home to the Widescreen Weekend and soon to host one of...
Curating Suspense: Inside the Four Seasons of Hitchcock with Rebecca McCallum
Rebecca McCallum is a writer, curator, podcaster and devoted student of Hitchcock’s cinema. She shall be presenting a season of Hitchcock films at the Pictureville...