Filmmaker Interview by William Hemingway Hi Antonia, Thanks for sitting down with us to chat about your films and filmmaking. Where in the world do we find you today and how are you doing?   I am in Santa Monica, California – about 6 blocks from the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles. I’m a surfer – so being near the ocean helps.   You’ve just completed a Director’s Cut of your film Sleep No More. Can you give us a little background to the story of the film and say what it was that made you want to revisit it again? What differences can the audience expect from the new version?   I ..read more

Film Feature by Chris Olson UK Film Club was back in March with a new episode of their film podcast. Hosts Brian Penn and myself (Chris Olson) brought you a jam-packed show with a heavy dolloping of great movies to check out, across the spectrum of film. As with all episodes of UK Film Club, the podcast covered theatrical releases (in cinemas), streaming movies, independent cinema (short films & features), and a nostalgia pick. It was one film that impressed Brian the most though and his coveted Film of the Month award went to Wicked Little Letters starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley ..read more

★★★ Starring: #KieranReeves, #ZainUllah, #TeniOsho, #ArchieClark, #OliviaBurley Directed by: #Shayaan Short Film Review by: Alexandra James After Hours is a short crime film that explores some extremely dark themes. The film begins in a flat, people have been drinking, but there is one girl in particular who seems to have taken drunkenness to another level and unfortunately for her, this leaves her in a very dangerous and vulnerable position. The audience at this stage can guess what happens next for this young girl, and its at this point the story takes a sinister turn. Director Shayaan ..read more

★★★★★ Directed by: #MaxFox Short Film Review by: Alexandra James   Cinerama is a short music video created by Matt Fulks also known as the Mad Fox. It is a short rap video, however, its also a great trivia game in terms of how many movie references you can spot in 3 minutes and 47 seconds. This video is crammed with fantastic edits of classic movies from Psycho, The Shining, North by Northwest to James Bond, Happy Gilmore, Pulp Fiction and so many more. However, this is not a video that does things by halves as a lot of detail is put into each movie reference, and there are a l ..read more

Film Feature by Chris Olson On Thursday March 7th, 2024, regular Nerd News providers The Fantom Zone released their epic podcast episode covering (in incredible detail) the biggest film release of the year so far - Dune: Part 2. Part of the UK Film Review Podcast collection of awesome film podcasts, The Fantom Zone is made up of Chris, Ian, Symone and Toby, who entertain their listeners with regular banter and bickering about comic book films, superheroes, and generally nerdy things (their words). This month's film podcast episode for them focused on the latest movie adaptation of the 1965 sc ..read more

Film Feature by Chris Olson With February 2024 being a leap year, we had a bit of extra time last month to cultivate a huge episode of the UK Film Club podcast, part of the UK Film Review Podcast series. Each month, myself and fellow film critic Brian Penn review the latest: Cinematic Releases: films that are at (or will be) showing in UK cinemas Streaming Pick: a new film available on a streaming platform like Netflix, Prime Video, or Disney+ Indie Films: reviews of feature and short films made by independent filmmakers who submit them to us for review via our website (click the Get Reviewed ..read more

The Cemetery of Cinema Dir: Thierno Souleymane Diallo Thierno Souleymane Diallo is embarking on a quest, an adventure to find a lost treasure which happens to be Mouramani, the first film made in French-speaking Africa. The trouble with the hunt for Mamadou Touré‘s 1953 film is that little is known about it. Diallo knows that it is 23 minutes long and he has two different synopses for it, alas he struggles to find anyone who has even seen the film, let alone uncover a surviving print. He journeys across Guinea in a t-shirt and jeans, with bare feet, camera in hand and microphone strapped to h ..read more

Film Feature by Chris Olson In the second episode of 2024, film podcast show Gay, Actually, hosted by Amber and Joyce and part of the UK Film Review Podcast, covered the December 2023 release All of Us Strangers starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal. All of Us Strangers is about Adam (Andrew Scott) being alone. A writer living in a London high rise that’s still under construction, his solitary days bleed into his solitary nights, 80s hits on video and vinyl his main companions. Adam is trying to write about his parents, so he decides to leave his flat, take a train, and revisit his old neighb ..read more

Film Feature by Chris Olson The UK Film Review Podcast was back in action from January 2024, with episodes released by popular shows such as The Scream Test, Gay, Actually, and The Fantom Zone. It was on our show, UK Film Club, however, that we covered an incredible selection of films at the cinema and on streaming in Jan. My colleague and co-host Brian Penn gave an incredible run-down of films available for UK audiences to see at the cinema in January 2024, ranging from Roald Dahl remakes, to supercar biopics. It was one film, however, starring Anthony Hopkins which stood out amongst the rest ..read more

★★★ Starring: #MahsaAkbari and #NimaHaghighi Short Film Review by: Alexandra James Mannequin is a short film that has a rather curious and unusual storyline. The film begins with a wife watching late night TV and ordering something from one of the channels which appears to be a mannequin in a bow tie for her husband’s birthday. A very strange gift for a husband, however, she seems convinced that this will make the perfect present. The story then moves on to the couple preparing for her husband’s birthday party, as they decorate their home and await guests, the doorbell rings and it’s the ..read more