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Image from Voor Film (2015), courtesy of LiMA Archive

“ Rediscovering form as content: Experiments in Aesthetics ”

Posted on Thu 28 July 2016 by Tara Judah

Rediscovering cinema is not only about unearthing filmic gems from the past, it’s also about advances in the conversation about and practices of cinema now.

“ Telling The Story of Film ”

Posted on Mon 25 July 2016 by Dr Peter Walsh

Outside of the hour and a half to two hours you spend in front of a film, the context within which you meet the film, and the opportunity you have to process it afterwards can make...

“ Slocombe's Adventures in the South West: The Titfield Thunderbolt ”

Posted on Fri 22 July 2016 by James Harrison

In the spring of 1952 a car was making its way through the lanes of the Somerset countryside. Seated in the car were film director Charles Crichton and cinematographer Douglas...

“ Rediscovered Silent Colour ”

Posted on Fri 22 July 2016 by Dr Peter Walsh

Still image courtesy of Il Cinema Ritrovato. Silent cinema was full of colour.It’s important to state this clearly, as decades of poor TV broadcasts, ropey home video releases,...

Still image from The Host (2015) dir. Miranda Pennell

“ The Personal is Political: Women in Archives ”

Posted on Wed 20 July 2016 by Tara Judah

At the intersection of personal memory and political and social change there are hosts of women's archives.

Photo of the interior of Curzon Cinema Clevedon

“ The Art of Cinema-Going ”

Posted on Mon 11 July 2016 by Tara Judah

Cinema-going still exists and in it is a craftsmanship all its own; an experience that is both immersive and cognitive, one that presents and presumes a combination of surrendering and activism in viewing.

“ Stanley Kubrick: Journey to the Heart of England ”

Posted on Fri 8 July 2016 by Bill Lawrence

Bill Lawrence of Reel Solutions reflects on Kubrick

“ Risky Reflections: Slocombe's cinematography in The Servant ”

Posted on Thu 7 July 2016 by Amy Sargeant

Dr. Amy Sargeant reflects on The Servant

“ Tarkovsky's Lasting Gift: Sculpting Time ”

Posted on Tue 5 July 2016 by James King

The Zone is a place of unblemished value. It is one of the few territories left–possibly the only one–where the rights to Top Gear have not been sold: a place of refuge and...

“ Up Close and Personal: Anthony Harvey and The Lion in Winter ”

Posted on Mon 4 July 2016 by James Harrison

The Lion in Winter (1968) can be found on a long list of historical, period films that were made in the 1960s. El Cid (1961), Tom Jones (1963), Cleopatra (1963), Becket (1964), The...

“ Celebrating Cinema: The Greatest Place on Earth ”

Posted on Thu 30 June 2016 by Mark Fuller

A young married couple inherit a surprise legacy from an unknown distant relative. But with the cinema they receive come challenges, and responsibility...At the time, this must...

“ The Talented Robert Hamer: A Forgotten Figure of British Cinema ”

Posted on Wed 29 June 2016 by James Harrison

David Lean, Michael Powell, Alfred Hitchcock and Humphrey Jennings; four key names in the history of British Cinema. One drowned his mind in his epic surroundings, one turned...

“ The Colours of Oz ”

Posted on Mon 27 June 2016 by Rosie Taylor

Rosie Taylor, Co-Director and Co-Curator of South West Silents shares some thoughts

“ Beneath The Dust in Afghanistan: interview with Pietra Brettkelly ”

Posted on Fri 24 June 2016 by Rosie Taylor

As Afghanistan teeters on an unpredictable future, A Flickering Truth unwraps the world of three dreamers, the dust of a hundred years of war and the restoration of 8000 hours...

“ A Film For All Time: A Man For All Seasons ”

Posted on Tue 21 June 2016 by Ian Christie

Ian Christie shares some thoughts

“ Room at the Top: Angry Young Men in the British New Wave ”

Posted on Thu 16 June 2016 by Tara Judah

Adapted from John Braine’s novel of the same name, Room at the Top is the story of one man’s disillusionment with class and society in post-war Britain.

“ Cinema by Candlelight: Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon ”

Posted on Tue 14 June 2016 by Rosie Taylor

Rosie Taylor, Director/Co-curator of South West Silents shares some thoughts

David Bowie in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

“ Unusual Choices in Nagisa Ôshima's Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence ”

Posted on Sat 11 June 2016 by Rosie Taylor