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“ 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.

Urbanimals 2015 Award Winner

Fourth international Playable City Award is now open

Posted on Tue 12 July 2016

The internationally acclaimed £30,000 Playable City Award - which puts people and play at the heart of the future city - invites creatives from across the world to respond to the theme Journeys. A Playable City approach to urban journeying re-­appropriates infrastructure and technology to start new conversations, imagine new futures and make human connections.

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.

A still from Barry Lyndon

“ 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

The Servant

“ 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...

It is a cultural producers which anticipates the future with generosity and engagement

  Watershed Conversations

Thu 30 June 2016

Exploring how Watershed is understood and valued, its core strengths and its potential role going forward.