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In Review: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

by Ben Sheppard 17 May 2012

There’s something almost anachronistic in this modern age about a watching a film examining what it means to be an Englishman.  Perhaps it is this, along with the stunning Technicolor cinematography, that makes this film feel so otherworldly.

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The British Silent Film Festival: What the Silent Censor Saw

by Helen Cox 23 April 2012

Last Friday evening, the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse hosted an event with Lucy Betts of the British Board of Film Classification [BBFC] who are celebrating their centenary this year. The event was part of the 15th Annual British Silent Film Festival and the proceedings opened with a bit of an uneasy joke around the fact that even though this gathering was [...]

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Will Titanic 3D be A Night to Remember?

by Helen Cox 5 April 2012

As many of you will be aware James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) will once again be in cinemas as of Friday, only this time it’s in 3D. What fewer people will be aware of is that between the 13th and 28th of April the BFI, alongside selected cinemas across the UK, will be screening Roy Ward [...]

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Silent Screenings in Review: Pandora’s Box (1929)

by Joanna Richardson 21 September 2011

By Joanna Richardson The dark, low-lit theatre of the BFI is deliciously decadent in a fresh, contemporary way. Luxurious soft red velvet fold-down seats bear their number in embroidered gold; the walls fade unnoticeably and humbly dissolve around the red, regal, curtained screen.

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