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We countdown a list of our favourite 20 movies of 2025
Sarah Hughes is a Midlands-based actress & TV, film and SFX artist and is about to begin production on her first ever full feature film.
As part of our Midlands on the Move features, we speak to Carl Staples, a Midlands storyboarder and filmmaker with a wide range of regional experience and we found out more about Carl's work, his experience in the Midlands and what he's taken with him as his career developed...
Our resident local film critic Jacob Holmes headed off beyond the region's boundaries to the BFI London Film Festival. In our latest Midlands on the Move feature, Jacob shares some helpful hints for first timers
Continuing the cinema’s excellent reputation for themed events – such as Paracinema and the folk horror day Darkness in the Fields – the Derby Quad put together a programme of local and international found footage films.
Every season the nominations and eventual winners of the Midlands Movies Awards are chosen by an experienced jury made up of a wide-range of industry experts. Find out more about the 2026 panel...
In one of the most unique venues I’ve ever seen a film in – the cave under The Whistle and Flute in Nottingham – thirty people came together to see a Halloween screening of one of the most controversial television plays ever screened.
I’ve always been a big fan of screening films in unique and unusual places. With streaming platforms competing with post-Covid cinema going, the war for viewers has never been hotter. For better or worse, at the click of a button you can sit on the sofa and scroll thousands of movies without so much as standing up.
LATEST MIDLANDS REVIEWS
A strange island with a mysterious aura is the focus of a new 30-minute short film where a community is plagued by disappearing inhabitants and horrific goings-on.
Midlands writer-director-actor-animator James Pyle ends the year with Big Red, a new 8-minute short film that explores the fun relationship between man and beast.
The “All the world’s a stage” quote from 'little-known' Midlands playwright William Shakespeare opens up a new and quirky short from writer-director Declan Smith.
On the 4th of December 2025, as the cold moon rose, evil spirits and terrifying creatures lingered in the darkness. In rural Derbyshire, the full moon welcomed in the premiere of The Winster Werewolf – Amberwell Productions' new short, the fourth in their six-part ‘creature anthology’.
LATEST CINEMA & HOME RELEASES
Benoit Blanc returns for a 3rd murder mystery, but this time it’s an impossible crime. After Monsignor Wicks gains a cult like following in a small town, he is murdered in a sealed concrete box. He has been murdered by one of the members in the congregation, but how can he be killed if everyone is outside the box?
Following off the back of surprise horror hit X and its even more surprising prequel follow up Pearl, director Ti West finishes his trilogy with an 80s-inspired slasher flick with Mia Goth returning as Maxine Minx.
It’s increasingly rare a horror franchise springs up in this day and age that isn’t a reboot or based on an existing and well-known property. But Ti West not only delivered a great film in his 70s-tinged fright flick X, he secretly shot his own prequel back-to-back whilst making it.
Two conspiracy theory barn pots kidnap a powerful CEO and chain her in their basement. Their goal? To expose her for being an Alien who wants to take over and destroy the world.
Watch the new trailer for local film SORRY WE'CLOSED
"A young couple break into a fish and chip shop after having an argument about the lack of spontaneity in their relationship"
"Sorry We’re Closed" is the new film from local filmmaker Jonathan Hawes and was shot on location in Beeston, Nottingham. Check out the new trailer above.