Steven Spielberg's War Horse makes for beautiful, sweeping melodrama

War Horse movie

Steven Spielberg’s War Horse had big hooves to fill, which it does, helped, of course, by the breathtaking shots of Dartmoor

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The Best and Worst Films of 2011

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy

Sean Wilson has compiled his best and worst lists of 2011, along with movies and scores which he only discovered in 2011

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Waltz with Bashir at The Poly, Falmouth, during Shifting Sands exhibition

Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir, the animated documetary on hte horrors of the 1982 Lebanon war will be screened at The Poly, Falmouth, as part of the series of events that make up Shifting Sands – An exhibition from Guy Martin

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Reel Retrospective: It's a Wonderful Life (1946): The Richest Man in Town

George: It's a Wonderful Life

The sweetly saccharine existential nightmare that became a Christmas classic, Sean Wilson takes another look at It’s a Wonderful Life

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Totnes and Dartington Shoot Short Film Festival returns for 2011 to showcase Devon and Cornwall shorts

The Barn cinema, Dartington

Support the local filmmaking community and enjoy a bracing alternative to feature length movies at The Totnes and Dartington Shoot Short Film Festival, where the winner is determined by you the audience!

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We Need to Talk About Kevin is a masterpiece that's well worth talking about

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lynne Ramsay expertly unwinds the tale about Kevin. Sean Wilson reviews the movie, which stars a wonderful Tilda Swinton

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Happy Christmas movie creates of vision of a dysfunctional Christmas Eve in West Cornwall

Happy Christmas movie

Happy Christmas is the lastest collaboration from Cornish filmmakers Mark Jenkin and Denzil Monk. Emma Farley speaks to them to find out more about the dysfunctional Christmas movie

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Get into film – volunteer at the Cornwall Film Festival

Cornwall Film Festival T-Shirts

The Cornwall Film Festival is calling for volunteers to help with one of the biggest film festivals of the region (psst, if you do, you can get free tickets)

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Treacle Jr: special screening followed by Q&A with much-praised director Jamie Thraves

TreacleJr

As a pre-Cornwall Film Festival warm up, there will be a special screening of Jamie Thraves’ Treacle Jr, followed by a Q&A with the director

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