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“ Behind Closed Doors: inside The Apartment ”

Posted on Mon 23 July 2018 by Tara Judah

In the wake of allegations against some of Hollywood's most powerful figures, Billy Wilder's The Apartment feels more timely than ever. Ripe for rediscovery, it reveals a savage critique of patriarchal capitalism, Cinema Producer Tara Judah writes.

“ Bazin 100: Celebrating a cinephile activist ”

Posted on Wed 18 July 2018 by Mark Cosgrove

Ahead of our Bazin 100 celebration screenings and discussions at Cinema Rediscovered, Cinema Curator Mark Cosgrove reflects on the passion and curiosity of prototype cinephile activist, André Bazin.

“ A Melodramatic Turn: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Eight Hours Don't Make a Day ”

Posted on Wed 18 July 2018 by Andy Willis

The ongoing work of the Fassbinder Foundation has ensured that the memory and legacy of one of West Germany’s greatest filmmakers has been preserved, including his turn to melodrama and television, Professor Andy Willis writes.

“ The Look of Mike Hodges ”

Posted on Wed 18 July 2018 by James Harrison

Revisiting the films of Bristol-born Mike Hodges, South West Silents' co-founder and co-curator James Harrison reflects on the colour and design that set a look and defined a decade of filmmaking in the director's screen career.

“ A Moving Image: Art and gentrification in flux ”

Posted on Wed 18 July 2018 by Thea Berry

A Moving Image is the commendably ambitious and partly crowd-funded feature debut by writer-director Shola Amoo. Hailed by The Observer’s Wendy Ide as “a distinctive and bold new voice in British cinema”, the docu-drama addresses the thorny subject of South London's gentrification, Watershed's MA Curation student Thea Berry writes.

“ Enter the Dragon: Celebrating Bruce Lee ”

Posted on Mon 25 June 2018

Forty-five years since the death of Bruce Lee, author of the forthcoming book Born to be Bad: Talking to the greatest villains in action cinema, Timon Singh, reflects on the life and legacy of one of cinema and martial arts' greatest warriors.

“ André Bazin: Reflections from the video shop ”

Posted on Sun 17 June 2018

We asked David Taylor and Daisy Steinhardt from 20th Century Flicks video shop to share short reflections on the words of cinephile and activist André Bazin, ahead of their illustrated talk during Cinema Rediscovered.

“ The film Hollywood dared not make: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. ”

Posted on Tue 5 June 2018

Vying with Julie Dash’s recently re-discovered and rightly celebrated Daughters of the Dust (1991) as the first film directed by an African American female to be commercially released, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T stands as a pivotal point in African American cinema.

“ Why is a fish a car? Learning to love Zama ”

Posted on Tue 29 May 2018 by Tara Judah

"Beautifully short but bizarre..." Our comments board gets Cinema Producer Tara Judah thinking about the beguiling beauty of new release Zama and how it led to loving the work of Lucrecia Martel.

“ Whose responsibility? On Coralie Fargeat's Revenge ”

Posted on Thu 17 May 2018 by Tara Judah

Tara Judah, Watershed Cinema Producer, reflects on a Q&A she hosted with film academic and author, Dr Tanya Horeck, after a screening of Coralie Fargeat’s debut feature film Revenge, on Sat 12 May. The pair and the audience discussed the interplay of morality and ethics in visual representations of violence and lots more.

Joanie Lemercier's Millennium Constellations. Photo by Jack Offord

“ Connecting people ”

Posted on Thu 22 March 2018 by Vanessa Bellaar Spruijt

Reflections on putting arts and culture at the heart of new technology, and the can-do spirit of Bristol and its people

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