Interview with Jayne Wisener, star of the new horror flick The Heiress

As supernatural horror film THE HEIRESS goes on digital release from March 15, lead actress Jayne Wisener talks about her love of singing, coping with lockdown and her new period drama, Glow & Darkness. You star in a new British supernatural horror film, THE HEIRESS. Tell us how you got the part and what is… Read More Interview with Jayne Wisener, star of the new horror flick The Heiress

Book Review: All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O’Leary

All the Young Men is the touching memoir of Ruth Coker Burks, a woman who dedicated herself to caring for the people neglected by their families, friends and most of society during in the AIDs crisis in America in the course of the 1980’s and 90’s.  Throughout her story, Ruth comes across as such a… Read More Book Review: All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O’Leary

W4Free, the UK’s fastest growing AVOD platform, announces raft of global Indie movies for March 2021

Simon Rumley’s award-winning horror thriller FASHIONISTA, Thomas Vinterberg’s ground breaking Dogma drama FESTEN, Roger Avary’s searing black comedy adaptation of the Brett Easton Ellis book, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION, Kornél Mundruczó’s harrowing, critically acclaimed 2014 Cannes Festival hit WHITE GOD and Steve Buscemi’s fire-cracking INTERVIEW, starring Buscemi and Sienna Miller, head up a stellar choice of international… Read More W4Free, the UK’s fastest growing AVOD platform, announces raft of global Indie movies for March 2021

Five Films For Freedom returns to remind audiences Love Is Still A Human Right

Five Films For Freedom, the world’s largest LGBTIQ+ digital campaign, returns for its seventh edition in 2021, reminding audiences that Love is Still a Human Right. Broadcasting five brand new LGBTIQ+ films to countries around the world, this year’s programme showcases queer storytelling from India, Spain, Sweden, USA and the UK. In a continuing creative partnership, the British Council has… Read More Five Films For Freedom returns to remind audiences Love Is Still A Human Right

Sink your teeth in sumptuous scares with Vampire week on Horror Channel

Time to get the garlic out as Horror Channel presents VAMPIRE WEEK, a bitefest of vampire movies from 13 – 19 of March, led by the channel premiere of 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, David Slade’s savage riff on the vampire myth, starring Josh Hartnet and Melissa George. There are also classics and cult favourites to… Read More Sink your teeth in sumptuous scares with Vampire week on Horror Channel

Halloween Digital Festival ‘SHAKESPEARE AND FEAR’ to include staged reading of Macbeth from 2018 critically acclaimed production

Filmed in the candle-lit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, ‘Shakespeare and Fear’ is the second digital festival streaming online from 31 October to 9 November. The festival opens on Halloween with Deep Night, Dark Night – a film of old, new and true ghost stories, followed by Macbeth: A Conjuring, a staged reading of the Scottish play from the critically acclaimed 2018 ensemble, and In Conversation: Fear in our Moment, a panel discussion on the potent nature of fear and its impact on all our lives. There will also be spooky ‘how-to’ workshops for all the family.… Read More Halloween Digital Festival ‘SHAKESPEARE AND FEAR’ to include staged reading of Macbeth from 2018 critically acclaimed production

The Southbank Centre presents an outdoor exhibition celebrating Britain’s Black female professors

Phenomenal Women: Portraits of UK Black Female Professors, a celebration of Black British academics will be brought to the public in a unique free outdoor exhibition.
Commissioned and curated by Dr Nicola Rollock, and photographed by Bill Knight, it features portraits of 45 professors across a broad range of subjects including law, medicine, creative writing and sociology. The exhibition runs from 10 October – 8 November 2020, timed to coincide with Black History Month, and is presented along the Southbank Centre’s very popular public riverside promenade The Queen’s Walk.
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Interview with director Neil Marshall ahead of Arrow Frightfest Online Film Festival this October

Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest film THE RECKONING, Neil Marshall talks about the desire for creative freedom, putting leading lady Charlotte Kirk through hell, his love for FrightFest and his urge to make something outrageously violent and bloodthirsty again. “I think the horror genre absolutely lends itself to explorations of female characters being pushed to the… Read More Interview with director Neil Marshall ahead of Arrow Frightfest Online Film Festival this October

Arrow Video FrightFest announces bumper online festival line-up for October 2020

Arrow Video FrightFest will go virtual for the second time in 2020, having taken the decision to cancel its planned physical event at the Cineworld, Leicester Square, due to continuing COVID restrictions. The forty-five feature film line-up will merge the in-cinema selection with brand new titles to provide an online festival experience from Oct 21-Oct… Read More Arrow Video FrightFest announces bumper online festival line-up for October 2020