Screengrab: When Vikings Ruled The Earth
RICHARD LUTZ lures you to the best film on the box this week.
Screengrab: Sinbad And The World of Dreams
RICHARD LUTZ checks out the best film on tv – and roars backwards in time.
Screengrab: LA x2
RICHARD LUTZ strolls through the TV listings to find the film you cannot miss this week.
Screengrab: Marvelous Marvin
Richard Lutz and those films you just gotta see on the box this week
Screengrab: Is This the Finest SF Movie Ever? (Answer: yes…)
RICHARD LUTZ on the film you just gotta watch on the box this week OK, lock the door, bolt the windows, turn on the flatscreen, rev up the hard drive back-up, set the DVD for the heart of the sun, put a sticker reminder on your IPAD, even hit the record button on your…
Screengrab: The Military, the Movies and The Message
RICHARD LUTZ sees it’s all War, War and more War on the tv movie list this week. But what kind of war film is another matter.
Suburban Birmingham from the Archives
This film from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) investigates Suburban Birmingham
Hooray for Bollywood!
Birmingham celebrates a centenary of Indian cinema next month, as the Bollywood 100 in Birmingham Festival comes to town.
Screengrab: Shhhh…. Someone’s Watching
Two visionary films about surveillance on tv this week, says Richard Lutz
Uni graduates’ short film up for top US festival award
A short film created by recent graduates of Coventry University’s media production course has been shortlisted for an award at one of America’s leading lifestyle film festivals.
From William Shakespeare to Orson Welles
Laurence Inman casts a critical eye on the art of Shakespeare.
Flatpack link with Colmore Business District for Film Bug
For a second year, Flatpack Festival has teamed up with Colmore Business District (CBD) to bring Film Bug, a mini festival of film, to Birmingham’s business district
8mm Cine Club comes to Birmingham
Jerome Turner invites anyone with a box of old cine reels to come along and have them projected at 8mm Cine Club’s first visit to Flatpack Festival.
Aku & Kamu set to appear in animated television series
Birmingham based children’s publisher Aku & Kamu is celebrating the transition of their flagship characters onto the small screen
Birmingham’s past: Chamberlain, Chamberlain and Martin
Laurence Inman praises the work ethic, eschews the money ethic and comments on Birmingham’s architectural heritage.
Giant chick flick raises money for breast cancer charity
Ladies across the region can treat themselves to a special screening of one of the nation’s favourite chick flicks at a special charity event set to be held at the largest screen in the Midlands this March.
Of Movie Stars, Social Media and Abe Lincoln
Richard Lutz warns about how the old fashioned media are stealing from social media sites
Budding animators sought for new project
Promising filmmakers hoping to follow in the footsteps of animator Nick Park are being given the opportunity to learn new skills through an innovative project in Wolverhampton and Shropshire.
Top awards for 3D film
A talented film-maker from the University of Wolverhampton has clinched two international awards for her 3D film.
Laurence Inman’s word on love
“Face the truth. No one is important. ‘Love’ is a word with many sides, not all of them up.”
Film: Two Beauties
Richard Lutz sees two film masterpieces, one still in the cineplexes and the other 30 years old
Local school children take inspiration from enlightening exhibition
A group of school children from West Bromwich have been working alongside an internationally renowned video artist at The Public, as part of an exciting artistic project.
Ground breaking film to be shown at leading art gallery
The revolutionary, documentary style film, Cathy Come Home, directed by one of Britain’s most critically acclaimed film-makers, Ken Loach, is showing at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts on Saturday 10 November 2012.
Film festival premiere for University lecturer’s documentary
A documentary made by a senior lecturer from Coventry University is to have its film festival premiere at the 2012 West Midlands Human Rights Film Festival in Birmingham tomorrow.
Student cinema society wins national award
A student film society at Coventry University has won a prestigious accolade at last weekend’s ‘Film Society of the Year’ awards
Driving a Ford Madox Ford renaissance
Laurence Inman extols the joy of quality writing and film making.
It’s a mini adventure for Coventry University media students
Media production undergraduates at Coventry University have been putting their film-making skills to the test in a different kind of sport-themed endeavour this summer.
Brindleyplace rolls out the red carpet for its first ever film festival
The glitz and glamour of show business is heading to Brindleyplace next month as the estate hosts its first ever outdoor film festival.
Birmingham to host major UK film premiere
Cineworld, the UK’s leading cinema chain, is to host the UK premiere of Dr Seuss’ The Lorax in 3D at Cineworld Birmingham Broad Street on 22nd July 2012.
And Europe Will Be Stunned
Ikon presents And Europe Will Be Stunned (2007-2011), the film trilogy by Israeli artist Yael Bartana.