ID-Fest Liveblog – Sunday
Welcome to our coverage of day two of Derby ID-Fest. We’ll be dropping in to this blog throughout the day to update with details of what we’ve been up to. It probably goes without saying that our most anticipated event the day is our screening of F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise later this afternoon, but there’s plenty … Read more
ID-Fest Liveblog – Saturday
Welcome to coverage of our first day of Derby ID-Fest. We’ll be dropping in to this blog throughout the day to update with details of what we’ve been up to. First up, a screening of Ken Russell’s The Boy Friend… – We made it to Derby with plenty of time to kill. Unfortunately the rest … Read more
Hope Lies at Derby ID-Fest
Just a quick note – we’re going to be reporting/blogging/podcasting/tweeting live from the floor of the Derby ID-Fest from tomorrow for a couple of days, with an array of great films lined up and on our radar. Saturday opens with a screening of Ken Russell’s The Boy Friend, while elsewhere we’re also keen to check … Read more
BIFF Live-Blog #3 – Saturday and Sunday
Saturday Good day, day two of the Widescreen Weekend is about to kick-off, with a real treat waiting at the end of the day in the form of Henry Levin and George Pal’s The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm, which just so happens to be the only Cinerama feature I’ve never actually seen! As … Read more
BIFF Live-Blog #2 – Friday
Morning all, I’m just heading in for a third consecutive day at this years Bradford film festival. Today marks the first day of the Widescreen Weekend, which is a real personal favourite of mine. This year marks the THIRTEENTH that I’ve been coming to Widescreen Weekend, with a special line-up marking 60 years of Cinerama … Read more
BIFF Live-Blog #1 – Thursday
Good morning, and welcome to the first of our daily live-blog’s from this years Bradford Film Festival. We’ll be live from on site at the National Media Museum in Bradford for the rest of the festival. Today’s screenings are headed up Marcel Ophüls and Jean-Luc Godard, a documentary charting a conversation between the two filmmakers, … Read more
Hitchcock at the British Film Institute
News-broadcasters across the land are declaring that today marks “just” 100 days until the start of the London Olympic games. But alas, the most exciting event that will take place in and around the country’s capital has little to do with long-jumps, velodromes and relay batons, with our attention instead turned to the British Film … Read more
Godard, Wellman and Cinerama: A Preview Of The Bradford International Film Festival
The Bradford film festival gets underway in just over a weeks time and we’re really looking forward to it. So much so in fact that we’ve gone where Hope Lies fears to tread, and even embedded videos. Check out a couple of our most anticipated events at this years festival, and join us between April … Read more
Feet On The Ground, Head In The Sky – This Must Be The Place
When set-shot stills of Sean Penn leaked from Paolo Sorrentino’s follow-up to Il Divo one might be forgiven for building up certain expectations of what This Must Be The Place would be like. Painted to the nine’s, in garb not a million miles away from Robert Smith of The Cure, Penn, a notoriously serious … Read more
The British Silent Film Festival
Next month sees the British Silent Film Festival take place in Cambridge, with the festival this year celebrating its 15th year. The British Silent Film Festival is one of the jewels in the UK silent film calendar, and this year looks set to impress. Perhaps the most exciting announcement is that some of Fred Paul’s … Read more
