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Two Volta films complement each other as powerful and moving depictions of rural life in Ireland.
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Alan Rickman: On Screen and Off
Alan Rickman. The voice. That stare. Few can escape his charisma - but did you know he has also worked behind the camera?
Great Horror From Great Britain
While not as prolific as Hollywood when it comes to making macabre movies that leave you checking under your bed at night, Britain has nonetheless turned out some superb cinematic terrors over the years....
Tim Hetherington: Something Worth Watching
A look at the tragic photojournalist and director of Restrepo, Tim Hetherington.
A Game of Kings: Cinematic Chess Scenes
Since it’s very inception cinema has had an interesting relationship with the game of kings. It’s inevitable associations with strategy, power and politics enable an on screen battle of wits to...
Danny DeVito – Behind The Camera
A true cinema and television legend, Danny De Vito first came to prominence in a tender supporting role as Martini in Milos Foreman’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and subsequently went...
In a quiet and modest way, Kevin Macdonald has carved out an eclectic and interesting career that would be loudly trumpeted by a much more publicity hungry filmmaker.
Weapon of Choice - the Samurai Sword in Cinema
Western interest in films such as Takashi Miike’s latest release, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai,...
A Look at Sex Addiction in Cinema
Steve McQueen's Shame takes a sharp, clever look at the often misunderstood phenomenon of sex addiction.
A Trip Through Drugs in Cinema
The debate has raged on for years and shows no sign of any clear resolve. Some see drugs as a scourge on society while others view it as hypocritical for alcohol and cigarettes to be legal while the...
