Feature: Bruce Springsteen’s America casts a shadow over Thunder Road
In Jim Cummings’ directorial debut, the words of Bruce Springsteen echo loud as the frustrations of the past loom large for a new generation.
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Film review: Vita & Virginia renders its central pair adroitly, save a few flaws
Chanya Button’s second feature, Vita & Virginia, maps the meeting of the titular literary giants to powerful effect.
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Streaming round-up: Top new films available from June 10th
Our fortnightly feature is back after a month (try and add that one up) with all the best films from Netflix, BFI, iPlayer and more.
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Film review: Vice has plenty of tricks, but it’s hiding a hollow core
Adam McKay’s spiritual successor to his runaway hit The Big Short asks the question, can we ever know a purposefully inscrutable man?
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Film review: If Beale Street Could Talk is a lyrical ode to black love
In his follow up to Moonlight, Barry Jenkins shows the breadth of his craft with an achingly nuanced adaptation of the James Baldwin novel.
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Monty Python’s Life of Brian returns to theatres for 40th anniversary
The high watermark for British comedy is returning to select cinemas in April, giving us all a reason to look on the bright side of life.
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Submissions open for Birmingham Film Festival’s fourth year
One of Birmingham’s proudest modern film institutions, the international festival has recently opened its roll call for the November edition.
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Break the first two rules of Fight Club at the 20th anniversary screenings
Two decades on from its release, David Fincher’s blackly comic masterpiece is returning to The Mockingbird in Birmingham for a one-off show.
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Birmingham’s Flatpack Film Festival launches its striking 2019 programme
Thirteen may prove unlucky for some, but at its thirteenth edition Flatpack Festival looks on as fine form as ever.
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Film review: mid90s is a frank and humanist take on fringe adolescence
Jonah Hill solidifies his artistic credentials with a feature debut that blends naturalistic acting with well utilised ’90s nostalgia.
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