This year’s selection of Women in Film shorts offered up a rich and varied experience. It is impressive that all five films, being shown in quick succession, managed to stay so clearly distinct from o...
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Overview | Banff Mountain Film Festival
Banff is a festival that strikes you as having, or fostering, a real sense of community. Arriving at the Norwich screening, it felt like stepping into a family get-together, where everyone knew everyo...
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Capturing Bowie’s Cultural Legacy in Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine
The following is an extract from Film East’s upcoming Screen Dreams zine which explores the many ways music can manifest on screen and how it impacts our viewing experience. The zine is launchin...
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Norwich Pride 2021: LGBTQ+ Shorts from NFF
By Zoë BlacklockThis Saturday is Norwich Pride 2021! In support of this wonderful annual event, we want to celebrate LGBTQ+ filmmaking by looking back at some recent films shown at NFF that are avai...
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5 new releases to watch in July 2021
As we head into July, it’s time to once again take a look at some of the most exciting new releases coming to UK cinemas this month. There’s a lot to look forward to this month, whether yo...
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9 new releases to watch in June 2021
UK cinemas may have only just reopened two weeks ago, but that certainly doesn’t mean that the number of new releases has been slow to get back to the usual rate. From heartrending dramas to big...
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8 New Releases to Watch When Cinemas Reopen
By Zoë BlacklockWith cinemas reopening on the 17th May you may feel overwhelmed by choice as the release of new films coincide with the long-awaited big screen releases of films that came out on dig...
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Filmmaker Spotlight: Hayao Miyazaki
Written by Patricia Xu“I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze, and inspire their ...
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Filmmaker Spotlight: Hirokazu Koreeda
Written by Patricia Xu“I’ve learned to value ordinary life. And I still have a wish to portray that.” – Hirokazu Koreeda Hirokazu Koreeda is one of the greatest contemporary Japanese directors...
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Minari (2020) – Film Review
Review by Patricia Xu A Korean family makes a new start in Arkansas in the 1980s, where they find new challenges and struggles in the farming business and from within the family itself. The film beaut...