Ivybridge Watermark crowdfunder to improve cinema offering
The Watermark in Ivybridge is looking to improve its cinema for quicker films, better accessibility and to continue its social engagement with all members of the community
£5 tickets on offer at Studio 74 this August!
Studio 74 cinema at the Exeter Phoenix is offering a limited number of £5 tickets for its screenings this August
New cinema for the Exeter Phoenix in the pipeline
The Exeter Phoenix has been successful in a bid from the Arts Council England for money to create a new cinema and increase its facilities
The Barn Cinema, the world catches onto this Dartington gem
Simon Roger Key extols the many virtues of the Barn cinema to the Guardian’s Cine Files
Exeter’s Big Screen in the Park al fresco cinema films announced
The Goonies, Skyfall, Life of Pi and The Great Gatsby are this year’s Big Screen in the Park, Exeter’s evening al fresco cinema experience
South Korean Special: East Goes West
Recently, several acclaimed South Korean directors have moved into English language cinema. I take a look at this exciting and intriguing development.
BAFTA 2013 reaction
The BAFTA’s are over for another year. Now it’s time to pick through the debris and assess the winners and losers at this year’s ceremony
Buckle up! The 5 most harrowing air crashes on film
Robert Zemeckis’ new film Flight opens with a truly terrifying plane crash – here are some other noteworthy examples of in-flight terror.
You Are What You Do: A documentary double-bill of McCullin and Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Two recent documentaries, McCullin and Jiro Dreams of Sushi, make for an interesting comparison, in spite of how different their respective subjects are. Sean Wilson reviews these two excellent films.
- News | Opinion | Sean Wilson
BAFTA Nominations 2013
Lincoln, Life of Pi and Les Miserables have scored big in the 2013 BAFTA nominations – but there are more than a few controversial surprises in this year’s crop.
- Reviews | Score | Sean Wilson
Year In Review: Discoveries (Film Score)
Every year, I list three film score discoveries – in other words, film scores I’ve come across for the first time. In 2012, I was swept away by the scores for The Russia House, The Luzhin Defence and Something the Lord Made.
Year In Review: Discoveries (Film)
Every year, I list three movie discoveries – in other words, films I’ve come across for the first time. In 2012, I was enchanted by Paths of Glory, Mother and Adventureland.
Year in Review: Worst Films of 2012
While many movies soared in 2012, just as many dismal releases crashed and burned. Now’s the time when I stick the boot into this year’s disappointing releases.
- Reviews | Score | Sean Wilson
Year in Review: Best Film Scores of 2012
It was another eclectic and interesting year in the world of film scores. Here I select my top 10 from 2012.
Year in Review: Best Films of 2012
It was another exciting year at the movies with plenty of unexpected surprises, franchise enders, indie hits and old favourites. Here I select my top 10 films of 2012.
- Local | News | Sean Wilson
Torbay Film Club screens The Italian on Tuesday 6th November
Fancy a choice of films that’s different from the multiplex? Then get along to Torbay Film Club. Their new Season of films continues on Tuesday November 6th with The Italian
- Local | News | Sean Wilson
Torbay Film Club screens A High Wind in Jamaica on Tuesday 2nd October
Fancy a choice of films that’s different from the multiplex? Then get along to Torbay Film Club. Their new Season of films continues on Tuesday October 2nd with A High Wind in Jamaica
- Festivals/Events | Local | News | Sean Wilson | Short film
Manhattan Short Film Festival: October 1st – October 5th at The Blue Walnut, Torquay
Sick and tired of the headbanging blockbusters this cinema? Want to have the chance to vote for some of the most exciting short films around? Then be sure to attend The Manhattan Short Film Festival -running at Torquay’s Blue Walnut Cafe and Cinema from October 1st to October 5th
Forget The Artist, Ron Fricke’s Samsara is the cinematic of 2012…
The premise may sound pretentious, but worry not, Ron Fricke’s Samsara is the cinematic event of the year, says Simon Roger Key
- Features | Local | Sean Wilson
What is the future of the Paignton Picture House Cinema?
Believed to be the oldest purpose-built cinema in Europe, the Paignton Picture House boasts a prestigious history that dates back to the birth of cinema.
Once patronised by the likes of Agatha Christie, the cinema closed in 1999, and these memories now threaten to be lost in time.
Sean Wilson speaks to two people who want to see the cinema kept open for historic and aesthetic purposes: projection enthusiast, Stuart Saunders and London-based, Torquay bred filmmaker, Anthony Bueno
The Best and Worst Films of 2011
Sean Wilson has compiled his best and worst lists of 2011, along with movies and scores which he only discovered in 2011
- Features | Local | Sean Wilson
Watching the World Burn: A Nuclear Double Bill at the Dartington Barn Cinema
The recent nuclear-themed double bill of Countdown to Zero and Dr Strangelove at the Dartington Barn Cinema had much to tell us about human foibles. Sean Wilson investigates.
- Features | Local | Sean Wilson
Dartington’s Barn Cinema is an absolute must for movie buffs
Dartington’s Barn Cinema has a fanatistic programme and is eagerly staffed by enthusiastic folk -one of those secluded gems that proves there’s still life in the eccentric, independent picture house
Revolutions in a quiet room: technological advancements in the projection room are transforming cinema
The changes going on in hte projection room mark a cultural revolution right under our noses, says Paul Moxham, and cinema is in a period of transformation as far-reaching as the introduction of sound and colour
Going to the movies develops your most modern survival skills
Going to the movies calls into play your modern survival skills. It’s an evolution of the ‘does this smell bad to you?’ reflex, and is most important if you want to make it through your cinematic experience unscathed. Paul Moxham explains.
The (New) Cinema of Attractions
3D is the latest, and potentially clumsiest and least effective in the cinema’s attempts to wow an audience with images, says James Walkerdine. The development of the Cinema of Attractions to 3D is one of technological attraction -but if 3D is so good why keep 2D?
Martin Scorsese’s haunting Shutter Island: review
Stuart McCoLL reviews Martin Scorsese’s paranoia-inducing take on the genre movie. In cinemas now.
Plymouth University MA films on all week, plus a preview of Nightscape
Plymouth University MA student work is on show Jill Craigie Cinema, Plymouth University, until Thursday, November 5, with a special screening of feature-length fantasy epic Nightscape by MA students Dom Lenoir and Tim Osgood.
Transition Movement film premiered throughout the world. Screen it yourself
Film as a galvanizing global tool took another step forward with the screening of In Transition: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience, the story of the global Transition Movement, which has its roots in Totnes, Devon.
Aeon Festival calls for film submissions
The Aeon Festival is calling for films for its sci-fi-themed extravaganza, which takes place in Crediton, August 28 -30.
