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Film

Interview: Gareth Evans on Patience (After Sebald)

Grant Gee’s new documentary traces WG Sebald’s footsteps on the Suffolk coast walk that inspired his greatest novel, The Rings of Saturn. The Citizen meets the film’s co-producer, Gareth Evans



The Artist – review

Michel Hazanavicius’s homage to the silent movie era is a charming tale of love and loss



Resistance – and the irresistible Owen Sheers

Having crucified Jesus in Port Talbot, now he has brought the Nazis to the Brecon Beacons. Poet Owen Sheers explains himself



Arthur Christmas – review

Aardman’s festive movie is showing at the Rio Cinema in Dalston until Monday 2 January 2012 (daytime screenings)



The Awakening – review

The Awakening, a 1920s British ghost story, is showing at the Rio Cinema, Dalston until Thursday 24 November



Future Shorts Film Festival 2011 – review

The Future Shorts Film Festival launches at the Hackney Picturehouse



The Ides of March – review

Until 10 November 2011, Rio Cinema



Top Boy – review

Channel 4 Hackney-based drama Top Boy rises to the occasion



Interview: filmmakers Noriko Okaku and Robin Mahoney

The Hackney Citizen meets Noriko Okaku and Robin Mahoney, two filmmakers who have come from the Far East to the East End



Hackney Film Festival 2011 – review

The annual celluloid celebration reels in the crowds, showcasing a captivating variety of multimedia experimental works by local auteurs