The Union Black Film Festival is the UK’s first region specific film festival, celebrating Black British cinema based in central Birmingham, and is taking place from Thursday 14 – Sunday 17 October. The festival will bring panel discussions, debates, events and film screenings. From commercial hits, to classics, here’s what’s on offer; 14 October – … [Read more…]
Controversial film ahoy. Here’s the synopsis: Flash wakes up to a phone call from Angel announcing that he’s being released from prison and wants the £500k he’d left with Flash for safekeeping. Short of the full amount and pushed for time, Flash is forced to strike a deal with Evil who more than lives up … [Read more…]
The Visualisation Lab at King’s College London plan to create a “unique, interactive, virtual reality, Cinema History database” The objective of this first phase was to reconstruct the Kingstanding Odeon, Birmingham, whose 1935 opening represents a key moment in the evolution of purpose-built cinemas More info here. Via Tom Lennon