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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.
As part of our new Midlands on the Move features, we've spoken to local filmmaker Emmeline Hartley about upcoming film Closedown. Read our continuing conversation as Midlands Movies finds out about Leicester actress Parminder Nagra's involvement & more.
Midlands Movies chats to actor, writer and producer Emmeline Hartley, who has been involved in 48-hour film challenges to viral shorts and award-winning films, about her latest film Closedown.
Screenwriter and filmmaker Aaron Sorkin sure knows how to write a courtroom scene. From the iconic “You can’t handle the truth” in A Few Good Men to his 2020 film The Trial of the Chicago 7, the celebrated writer mixes both memorable dialogue with fascinating legal fighting to perfection.
Found footage is a subgenre of horror that has been growing for quite some time, and is a medium that allows creators to develop their projects on a shoestring budget.
We speak to Midlands director Thomas Lee Rutter about a new release of his last project The Pocket Film of Superstitions. Horror aficionado Thomas tells us about the film, how it came about and the production's continuing progress as its reputation starts to go beyond the Midlands itself.
We bring even more local talent who, without forgetting where they've come from, have had very illustrious and recognised careers in the film industry
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Liam Banks follows up the excellent Run For Your Life! with a short, sharp horror experience that takes influence from the glut of uncanny, ‘imposter’ horror content across YouTube and gaming currently.
Writer/director David Hinds pays tribute to a host of folkish (and not so folkish) horror films with Black Goat, set in the fictional Midlands town of Blackwood Falls.
What would happen if artificial intelligence was able to jump from person to person as if it were a virus? That’s the key question in this horror comedy from writer/director Anthony Thornton-Hopwood.
Two conspiracy theorists walk into a shop. You can’t tell me that’s just a coincidence.
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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.
As Bruce Springsteen rises to fame, he starts making a record that no one expected. A passion project that helps him come to terms with his childhood trauma and the overwhelming nature of it all.
Hamnet is a historical drama, telling the true tale of how the famous Shakespeare play Hamlet came to be. A tragic tale of love, loss, and grief from academy award winning director Chloé Zhao.
This slice of life film tells the story of a professor at Yale University, who learns from her star student, that her fellow professor and close friend has crossed the line. As she navigates these feelings, she struggles to keep her own dark past coming to light.
Watch the new trailer for local film BAD THINGS
"An AI nano-tech virus becomes sentient, escapes the lab and starts killing anyone over the age of twenty one. A group of teenagers on a wilderness trek are infected. The virus takes them over and mimics them, turning the young into biological killing machines determined to rid the world of old people. Who is infected? Who is the AI killer hiding among them?"
Starring: Amey De Souza (“The Girl With The Metal Heart”), Mila Lieu (“Dodger”) & Oliver Asante (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”), Bad Things is directed by Anthony Thornton-Hopwood and the team have released their latest trailer above.
