Film review: The Peanut Butter Falcon is buoyant cinema for the soul
With bodyslams amongst the bayous, The Peanut Butter Falcon packs an emotional punch that’s both moving and authentic.
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Film review: Bait is a tense and enchanting tale of social divide in Cornwall
First time director Mark Jenkin provides tension and enchantment in modern day Cornwall through the lens of more traditional techniques.
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Stirchley Open Cinema to host Monday Matinee screening of Darkest Hour
As part of their ongoing community film programme, Stirchley Open Cinema are showing the Academy Award-winning film Darkest Hour.
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Check out the scary and (presumably) shocking films at SHOCK-tober fest
Witches of the wood and cursed videotapes are all part of this year’s toe-curling line-up for The Electric Cinema’s SHOCK-tober fest.
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Preview: Shock & Gore film festival will be blood-curdling and bloody funny
Now in its 9th edition, Birmingham’s Shock & Gore film festival is sure to be heavy on the guts and viscera. Get your tickets here.
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BEDLAM Arts & Mental Health Festival set to return to Brum in October
October will see the return of BEDLAM, a 12-day mental health arts festival in Birmingham, including film, spoken word, and theatre.
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Watch Scorsese’s The Irishman nationwide on the night of its UK premiere
The BFI are putting on preview screenings across the country of the master’s latest crime epic, including the Everyman Cinema in Birmingham.
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Film review: Pennywise is back, but is it too soon for IT: Chapter 2?
Andy Muschietti’s much anticipated follow up to 2017’s smash-hit horror adaptation IT is finally here, but does it float, or does it sink?
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Film review: Us attempts to untether itself from Get Out, but loses its way
Jordan Peele’s ambitious second film neglects the subtle subtext found in his debut, descending too easily into all-out horror.
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Film review: Ray & Liz is a necessary look at poverty in the West Midlands
Richard Billingham brings his domestic photography to life in this feature debut which explores a childhood marked by poverty.
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