Film review: A Town Called Panic
A Town Called Panic Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar France, 2009, 75mins, PG The creators of the legendary Cravendale milk…
Film matters: The Tunnel
Last year, James Cameron’s second golden egg Avatar was hailed as one of the most important films ever made through…
Film review: Wall Street – Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone US, 2010, 133min., 12A In the current climate, most of us would agree…
The main event: Exit to Beach
Third year Sussex students Saul Abraham, Henry Degnin and Callum Cameron have spent the past months making ‘Exit to Beach’,…
Film review: Hidden HerStories
Hidden HerStories Octavia Foundation UK, 2010, 50 mins (approx) Part of Black History Month You’d be forgiven for not recognising the…
Film matters: Bad Lieutenant – Port of Call New Orleans
Last week saw the release of Werner Herzog’s brilliantly re-imagined Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans on DVD, a…
Film review: Mr. Nice
Mr. Nice Bernard Rose UK, 2010, 121 mins, 18 In typically astute fashion, renowned raconteur Howard Marks will be gracing…
Film review: Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham Nigel Cole UK, 2010, 113mins, 15 Directed by Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls) and starring Sally Hawkins (Happy…
3D: Style over substance?
In 2009, 3D films exploded. Coraline, Up and Monsters Vs. Aliens, were just a few of the blockbusters to embrace…
Edward who?
I managed to avoid the Twilight phenomenon when it first emerged. If you read Stephanie Meyer’s novels, you lovingly traced…
Avatar fans "suicidal"
As the second-highest grossing film of all time, there can be no arguing that Avatar has had a massive effect…
Thirst
South Korean Director Park Chan-Wook shot onto the world cinema stage with the middle part of his revenge trilogy Old…
Up
It will come as no surprise to learn that Pixar’s latest cinematic offering is outstanding. In fact it is hard…
The Invention of Lying
In an alternate world where everyone tells the absolute truth and has no concept of falsehood, one man, Mark Bellison…
(3) Films of Summer
Yes, apparently summer 2009 has finished! Already! Mental. Here are three very good films from that short, largely cold and…
No monkeying around here
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s film Three Monkeys is beautiful and captivating. Set in the dusty, hectic Turkish city Istanbul, the rushing…
A Royal Success
I am sat in the rather grand and glamorous Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kensington. There is enough marble and gold…
Are you interested in film making?
Well, if you are, this is the right article to read! The Brighton Filmmakers Coalition (BFC) is a hub for…