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StudioCanal Launch Appeal For Lost Wicker Man Materials

by Martyn Conterio 13 May 2013

Robin Hardy’s chilling classic, The Wicker Man, is forty years young. To celebrate the occasion – and to mark the film as one of Britain’s greatest, and oddest, horror pictures – StudioCanal have launched an appeal to help recover lost material.

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Terracotta Far East Film Festival Announces 2013 Line-up

by Alan Simmons 8 May 2013

It’s that time of year again: the annual Terracotta Far East Film Festival . London’s yearly dose of far out, Far Eastern film returns for its fifth year bigger, bigger and much bigger than ever.

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Special Event: Cine-Excess To Screen ‘Society’ With Director Q&A

by Martyn Conterio 7 May 2013

Brian Yuzna’s 1980s horror satire, Society, is screening as part of a one-off Cine-Excess event in Brighton on 23rd May. The formerly London-based festival and academic symposium has upped sticks to the south coast and is now associated with University of Brighton. Bringing cult icons to UK shores is part of their raison d’être with [...]

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Horror Channel To Celebrate Peter Cushing Centenary

by Martyn Conterio 2 May 2013

Legendary and much loved cult actor, Peter Cushing, was born one hundred years ago this very month (26th, to be exact). For many fans of cinema he is the greatest screen incarnation of Dr. Van Helsing and Baron Frankenstein. Star Wars fans love him because he played Grand Moff Tarkin. But it is the countless [...]

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The Joy Of Six Live Google Hangout Monday 29th April

by Martyn Conterio 29 April 2013

New British Cinema Quarterly, in association with Shooting People, will be hosting a Live Google Hangout with several directors from The Joy of Six short films collection at 3pm (GMT) Monday 29th April. If you’re a film school student, budding director, Romola Garai fan, or want to ask a burning about getting into the business, [...]

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Win tickets to a Disneynature CHIMPANZEE screening & Q&A with Sir David Attenborough!

by Martyn Conterio 24 April 2013

Disneynature’s CHIMPANZEE swings into cinemas on May 3rd – and we’re giving you and a friend the chance to see it early at a special Q&A screening in London on Sunday April 28th – attended by the film’s directors and special guest Sir David Attenborough!

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New Empress Writer to Present at British Silent Film Symposium

by Helen Cox 3 April 2013

In place of the British Silent Film Festival this year a series of one-off events has been organised in London and Aldeburgh. The first is the British Silent Film Symposium on the 19th of April in which 14 research papers will be presented on all aspects of filmmaking and filmgoing between 1895 and 1930. Alongside [...]

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¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival 2013

by Rob Keeling 8 March 2013

The ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival returns once again to Cornerhouse in Manchester this March and as ever there is a tantalising range of movies on offer. Historical dramas, coming of age stories, off-beat comedies and gripping documentaries are just a taste of the genres that will be on show from Friday 8th [...]

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Issue 9: Now Available For Order

by Helen Cox 6 March 2013

What would happen if King Kong went on a dating show? Now you know thanks to our talented cover artist Dan Havardi.

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27th BFI Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Line-up Announced

by Martyn Conterio 27 February 2013

The 27th BFI Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, taking place between 14th and 24th March, in London, have announced the full line-up and schedule for this year’s event. The programme launch last week showcased what will be a mixture of new documentaries and features, special screenings and seminar discussions.

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Kinoteka Polish Film Festival Announce Frantic Films Competition

by Martyn Conterio 18 February 2013

Kinoteka Polish Film Festival have announced a new competition inspired by the work of controversial director, Roman Polanski. The fest, which runs from 7th – 17th March, launched Frantic Films, a comp that “challenges filmmakers across the UK to create their own short inspired by the films of Roman Polanski”.

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