It’s hard to find a contemporary filmmaker that can rival Alexander Payne’s enviable skill of transforming regular trips into deeply emotional journeys. With films such as About Schmidt, Sideways and The Descendants, Payne has received warm critical reception and has gained major awards, including two Oscars for best writing. And…
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With a plot that should sound familiar to all of us who have seen our fair share of teen romances blossom – and sometimes wither – on the big screen (a popular kid in school falls in love with a sweet geeky girl) it is difficult to believe that The…
It starts in the first few weeks of September when you begin to notice a slight change in London; coffee shops and nail bars are busier, there’s more private cars with blacked out windows on the roads and go to any bar near Somerset House and you’ll notice the outfits…
Every year since 2000 the East End Film Festival has sourced and screened the best in innovative and pioneering cinema from both local and international filmmakers – and this year proves no different. The festival’s jam-packed programme includes more than seventy feature-length films, including the London premiere of Justin Edgar’s…
With the British sun playing its traditional hide and seek for yet another summer, cinema’s ability to transport the viewer to idyllic places from all over the world should be fully exploited. So if you are interested in a quick trip across the pond, Ciné Lumière promises to offer you…
As it should be clear by now, The Cultural Exposé has a soft spot for special outdoor screenings of much-loved films. Therefore the Purple Rain concert style screening sounds like sweet -not to mention funky- music to our ears. It is fair to say that Prince’s magnum opus about an up…