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If there are two words that get the cultural tastebuds going, it’s ‘film’ and ‘underground’. Put the two together at a ‘three tiered progressive arts venue’ and you have something truly tantalising and from the sounds of it, a proper antidote to the long sleigh ride to Christmas. Now in…
Anyone hooked by television thrillers Forbrydelsen and The Bridge will know already what an eerie and unsettling backdrop rural Scandinavia can provide. Extract the scenery from the drama, isolate the overriding sense of uneasy trepidation it initiates and distil this into concentrated form, and you have the films of John…
It was 1992 when a small film festival first appeared in two Scottish cities, Edinburgh and Glasgow celebrating the rich cinematic tradition of our Gallic neighbours. Fast forward to 2012, and the French Film Festival is now one of the UK’s most enduring and exciting film festivals. Major cities across…
Somewhere deep in the heart of Bermondsey hides another branch of the Bea’s Bloomsbury, the superior chain bakeries that offers the loveliest treats nearly too beautiful to eat. They’ve been enticing people through their doors by throwing on a range of events – from cooking classes to outdoor tea parties…
After a summer of sport, the Olympic Park passes the baton to Picturehouse Cinemas in Stratford for Sci-Fi London East, a weekend of dystopian nightmares, adventurous weaponry, and surreal hyper-violence from 9-11 November. As well as 9 metaphysical and infectious cinematic traumas (including 3 UK premieres), the festival is hosting…
The Russian Film Festival has returned to venues across London for the sixth year running. Through original and perceptive features and politically charged documentaries, the festival champions the creativity, imagination and vision of the most established Russian directors as well as a new generation of emerging filmmakers. This season’s international…