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Posts Tagged ‘Film’

The Descendants – review

By • Feb 2nd, 2012 • Category: Film

George Clooney stars as an encumbered father dealing with grief in paradise in Alexander Payne’s new film



Shame – review

By • Jan 25th, 2012 • Category: Film

Shame is an intense and chilling story of obsession and sex addiction with great performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan



Interview: Gareth Evans on Patience (After Sebald)

By • Jan 25th, 2012 • Category: Film

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

By • Jan 12th, 2012 • Category: Film

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



Resistance – and the irresistible Owen Sheers

By • Jan 9th, 2012 • Category: Film

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



Arthur Christmas – review

By • Dec 28th, 2011 • Category: Film

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



The Awakening – review

By • Nov 23rd, 2011 • Category: Film

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



Hackney Film Festival 2011 – review

By • Oct 7th, 2011 • Category: Film

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



Drive – review

By • Sep 29th, 2011 • Category: What's on

Hollywood’s new star Ryan Gosling is the man behind the wheel in Nicolas Winding Refn’s violent and intense film



Britney Spears shoots Criminal video as council bars gang drama filming on Hackney estates

By • Sep 23rd, 2011 • Category: News

Replica gun used at Stoke Newington Town Hall as council fears residents risk having ‘neighbourhoods stigmatised’