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Back to Black voted UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song
Back to Black voted UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song
Back to Black voted UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song
A nationwide search for the UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song will commence this week.
A nationwide search for the UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song will commence this week.
A nationwide search for the UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song will commence this week.
‘Kneecap,’ ‘Dìdi’ to Bookend Sundance London
‘Kneecap,’ ‘Dìdi’ to Bookend Sundance London
‘Kneecap,’ ‘Dìdi’ to Bookend Sundance London
Once More With Ealing
Once More With Ealing
Once More With Ealing
MUBI is to release Priscilla on Blu-ray this April
MUBI is to release Priscilla on Blu-ray this April
MUBI is to release Priscilla on Blu-ray this April
2024 Line-Up For Queer East Festival Announced
2024 Line-Up For Queer East Festival Announced
2024 Line-Up For Queer East Festival Announced
The full list of winners and nominees at the Oscars 2024
The full list of winners and nominees at the Oscars 2024
The full list of winners and nominees at the Oscars 2024
Oscar nominations 2024: The full list of nominees
Oscar nominations 2024: The full list of nominees
Oscar nominations 2024: The full list of nominees
Razzie Awards 2024
Razzie Awards 2024
Razzie Awards 2024
The Garfield Movie – Only In Cinemas May 24
The Garfield Movie – Only In Cinemas May 24
The Garfield Movie – Only In Cinemas May 24
BFI announce programme highlights for Spring 2024
BFI announce programme highlights for Spring 2024
BFI announce programme highlights for Spring 2024
The full list of winners and nominees of the SAG Awards 2024
The full list of winners and nominees of the SAG Awards 2024
The full list of winners and nominees of the SAG Awards 2024
Sam Mendes to direct landmark Beatles biopic project
Sam Mendes to direct landmark Beatles biopic project
Sam Mendes to direct landmark Beatles biopic project
Bafta Awards 2024: The complete list of winners and nominees
Bafta Awards 2024: The complete list of winners and nominees
Bafta Awards 2024: The complete list of winners and nominees
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in Cinemas 29th March 2024
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in Cinemas 29th March 2024
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in Cinemas 29th March 2024
Oscar nominations 2024: The full list of nominees
Oscar nominations 2024: The full list of nominees
Oscar nominations 2024: The full list of nominees
Bob Marley: One Love | Telling Bob Marley’s Story Featurette
Bob Marley: One Love | Telling Bob Marley’s Story Featurette
Bob Marley: One Love | Telling Bob Marley’s Story Featurette
Bafta nominations 2024
Bafta nominations 2024
Bafta nominations 2024
Premiere of Jackdaw to take place on January 24th 2024.
Premiere of Jackdaw to take place on January 24th 2024.
Premiere of Jackdaw to take place on January 24th 2024.
Film programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2024
Film programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2024
Film programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2024
Nominees Announced for 2024 EE Rising Star Award
Nominees Announced for 2024 EE Rising Star Award
Nominees Announced for 2024 EE Rising Star Award
MEAN GIRLS | Not My Fault Official Music Video
MEAN GIRLS | Not My Fault Official Music Video
MEAN GIRLS | Not My Fault Official Music Video
The Second Italian Doc Season
The Second Italian Doc Season
The Second Italian Doc Season
Mean Girls | Cast Featurette
Mean Girls | Cast Featurette
Mean Girls | Cast Featurette
All of Us Strangers and Oppenheimer lead nominations for the London Critics’ Circle Awards
All of Us Strangers and Oppenheimer lead nominations for the London Critics’ Circle Awards
All of Us Strangers and Oppenheimer lead nominations for the London Critics’ Circle Awards
“Dune: Part Two,” in cinemas March 1.
“Dune: Part Two,” in cinemas March 1.
“Dune: Part Two,” in cinemas March 1.
Brophy returns as host for London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
Brophy returns as host for London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
Brophy returns as host for London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
Ian McKellen stars in psychological thriller adaptation of Hamlet
Ian McKellen stars in psychological thriller adaptation of Hamlet
Ian McKellen stars in psychological thriller adaptation of Hamlet
Golden Globe Awards: The 2024 nominations
Golden Globe Awards: The 2024 nominations
Golden Globe Awards: The 2024 nominations
Sight and Sound Best Films of the Year 2023
Sight and Sound Best Films of the Year 2023
Sight and Sound Best Films of the Year 2023
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Even before they’d had a chance to see this film, fans of Amy Winehouse were complaining from the trailer that Marisa Abela, who plays Amy, was miscast and couldn’t sing as well as their heroine.
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Back to Black  (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen

Even before they’d had a chance to see this film, fans of Amy Winehouse were complaining from the trailer that Marisa Abela, who plays Amy, was miscast and couldn’t sing as well as their heroine.

Alex Garland’s film is set in a near future, where America is at war with itself.  No reason is given but the unlikely alliance of the states of Texas and California as the Western Forces is locked in a war to take over the country from the federal government in Washington.  
Reviews

Civil War  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen
This elegant albeit often foul mouthed dark satire with a touch of farce is a nicely polished exercise in middle class guilt and self-loathing, which is reminiscent in some ways of Yasmina Reza's play turned into film, Carnage.
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The Trouble with Jessica  (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen
In every sense an epic for our times, told with focus on the human foibles of its characters, Italy’s nomination for Best International Feature Film at the 2024 Academy Awards is a tense and rewarding watch.
Reviews

Io Capitano (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Colin Dibben
Despite sharing star billing in the title, this is very much Kong’s movie.  Godzilla doesn’t really come into his own until the climactic battle the audience has been waiting for, when the two titans of the “MonsterVerse” join forces to save the world from extinction.
Reviews

Godzilla x Kong – The New Empire  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen

DVD/Blu-ray

A small team of Vatican-backed paranormal investigators rocks up at a graffiti-covered Devon church after being called in by the local priest.
DVD/Blu Ray

The Borderlands (15) |Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben

Ten years on from its first release, this intriguing and tense Brit found footage horror gets the Blu-ray treatment.

For one day only on 27 February 2024 the filmed version of HAMLET starring 84 year-old Ian McKellen as Hamlet will be shown in cinemas.
DVD/Blu Ray

Hamlet (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman
There is something totally endearing about the way Finnish film maker Aki Kaurismäki tells his film stories – their sly, quiet humour, simplicity and empathy with his fellow human beings. 
DVD/Blu Ray

Fallen Leaves  (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen
This very strange and rather wonderful film uses a simple playing backwards of the visual film material to build up a real WTF viewing experience.
DVD/Blu Ray

Happy End (15) |Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben
This classic work in the Chinese/ Taiwanese wuxia or ‘heroic swordplay’ genre owes much to King Hu’s early films. Director Kuo keeps things both stately and lively and the heroic feeling is palpable.
DVD/Blu Ray

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen (18) |Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben

News

A nationwide search for the UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song will commence this week.
News

Back to Black voted UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song

Editor

In celebration of BACK TO BLACK, the highly anticipated film which charts the life and music of Amy Winehouse, a result of a nationwide poll to find the UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse songs was announced today. 

A nationwide search for the UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song will commence this week.
News

A nationwide search for the UK’s favourite Amy Winehouse song will commence this week.

Editor
‘Kneecap,’ ‘Dìdi’ to Bookend Sundance London
News

‘Kneecap,’ ‘Dìdi’ to Bookend Sundance London

Editor
1949 saw the release of a trio of classic British comedies that really cemented Ealing’s place in history as this country’s finest film studios
News

Once More With Ealing

Editor
MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service and production company, is delighted to announce that Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla will be available to buy on Blu-ray and DVD from 8 April 2024.
News

MUBI is to release Priscilla on Blu-ray this April

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Trailers & Clips

Indoor cat 🐾 Outdoor adventure. Watch the New Trailer for The #GarfieldMovie.
Trailers & Clips

The Garfield Movie – Only In Cinemas May 24

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Indoor cat 🐾 Outdoor adventure. Watch the New Trailer for The #GarfieldMovie.

“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond,
Trailers & Clips

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in Cinemas 29th March 2024

News Editor
MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service and production company, is delighted to unveil the new trailer for Academy Award®-winning director Kevin Macdonald’s (Whitney, Marley) gripping and thought-provoking new documentary High & Low - John Galliano, coming to cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 8 March 2024. 
Trailers & Clips

High & Low – John Galliano, in cinemas 8 March 2024. 

News Editor
MEAN GIRLS | Not My Fault Official Music Video
Trailers & Clips

MEAN GIRLS | Not My Fault Official Music Video

News Editor
“Dune: Part Two,” in cinemas March 1.
Trailers & Clips

“Dune: Part Two,” in cinemas March 1.

Editor

Features

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity.
Features

Bob Marley: One Love | Telling Bob Marley’s Story Featurette

Editor

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity.

From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, MEAN GIRLS. New student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called “The Plastics,”
Features

Mean Girls | Cast Featurette

Editor
In the weekend that Passages, Past Lives and Scrapper go on general release, it seems the right time to re-visit some of the films that were shown at the recent SUNDANCE LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2023.
Features

Films from Sundance London 2023

Editor
They say a dog is a man’s best friend, but what if the man is a total dirtbag? In that case, it might be time for some sweet revenge, doggy style.
Features

Strays ‘A Look Inside’ Featurette

Editor
Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.
Features

Oppenheimer | The Cast Featurette

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