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Notts Filmmaker Jay Martin to Direct BBC Documentaries

Jay Martin won awards for his political documentary REDt'Blue, which focused on Mansfield voters' decision to vote Conservative in...

25 Years Later: Sense and Sensibility

23 February 21

This period drama, released in 1996 in the UK, is in many ways a standard nineties rom-com; but does this adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel actually have too much sense, and not enough scandal?

Notts duo launch campaign to fund animated sitcom

22 February 21

A pair of Notts creatives have launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund an animated sitcom.

20 Years Later: In the Mood for Love

18 February 21

Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love arrives on BFI Player as part of a retrospective of his work, with his films now available in 4K as part of a restoration process supervised by the director himself.

Film Review: News of the World

18 February 21

Tom Hanks’ latest outing is an intriguing yet slow-moving journey, says Joanna Hoyes...

Film Review: Red Dot

17 February 21

The new Swedish-language survival thriller, Red Dot, starts out as a tense ride but ends up feeling about as empty as its barren scenery…

20 Years Later: The Emperor’s New Groove

16 February 21

The Emperor’s New Groove is a funny, charismatic film, with enjoyable characters that showed a new generation what slapstick comedy is capable of…

Film Review: To All the Boys - Always & Forever

14 February 21

In the third and final instalment of the Netflix original trilogy, this time we see Lara Jean and Peter set off for college, with LJ having to make some tough decisions not only in terms of her own future, but her relationship with Peter…

Star-Studded Line-up Announced for Confetti's Digital Industry Week

11 February 21

Students will get the chance to learn from a number of media legends during this exciting virtual event...

Film Review: Possessor

10 February 21

Possessor, the latest film by Brandon Cronenberg, son of horror icon David Cronenberg, is an intoxicating descent into high-concept body horror not for the faint of heart…

Film Review: Malcolm & Marie

07 February 21

Malcolm & Marie sees Euphoria's Sam Levinson and Zendaya team up once again. But should they have? Our Screen Co-Editor thinks not...

25 Years Later: Heat

02 February 21

With Heat, Michael Mann reached a height of cool realism that he has perhaps never bettered since its release 25 years ago, writes Thomas Griffiths...

Film Review: Penguin Bloom

01 February 21

Naomi Watts shines in this lovely movie about a friendship between a paralysed woman and a magpie.

Film Review: The Dig

31 January 21

A newly unearthed treasure! Hollie Anderson reviews Netflix’s latest star-studded release, all about the famous Sutton Hoo excavation of 1939.

10 Years Later: Tangled

28 January 21

Disney’s 50th animated feature is an enduring modern classic…

10 Years Later: Black Swan

27 January 21

Joanna Hoyes looks back on this acclaimed psychological thriller...

Film Review: The White Tiger

24 January 21

This tale of poverty set in noughties India is an engaging yet often difficult watch, writes Miriam Blakemore-Hoy...

Film Review: Outside the Wire

23 January 21

Avengers star Anthony Mackie leads a strong cast in this weak action flick...

45 Years Later: All the President's Men

20 January 21

In the era of fake news and disillusion, there has never been a better time to discover Alan J. Pakula’s Oscar-winning retelling of the Washington Post’s famous investigation into the Watergate scandal...

25 Years Later: Cast Away

12 January 21

Cast Away helped Tom Hanks to his fifth Oscar nomination back in 2021, and our Screen Co-Editor can definitely see why...

10 Years Later: The King's Speech

08 January 21

The Oscar-winning biopic The King's Speech retells the true story of King George VI as he overcame his stutter to lead the country through WW2 with his historic speech – a film that celebrates its 10th anniversary.