A journey into Italian Peplum, the cinema of mythical gods, muscle-bound heroes, sorcery and loincloths, as presented by Paul A J Lewis.
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‘Alone in Berlin’ (2016), Vincent Pérez’s Hans Fallada novel adaptation starring Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Uwe Preuss and Daniel Brühl, has been reviewed by Francesca Militello.
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German-Danish co-production ‘Under Sandet’ (‘Land of Mine’ – 2015) exploring German prisoners of war in World War II, has been reviewed by Francesca Militello here.
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Francesca Militello has reviewed Oliver Hirschbiegel’s ’13 Minutes’ (2015), a German war movie about the life of Georg Elser, a man who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939. Read it here.
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With the UK release of ‘Trumbo’ occurring tomorrow, Kat Lawson has taken you through its subject matter: the Hollywood Blacklist. Read about this destructive and controversial period in US and US cinema history, here.
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Francesca Militello gives an insight into the Christmas truce film ‘Joyeux Noël’ (2005). Take a look at her article and see where the film ranks on our 24 point scale, here.
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Read Kat Lawson’s preview of the ‘dare’ strand of the BFI London Film Festival, here.
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Tonight is the opening night of BFI’s London Film Festival. Kat Lawson has previewed the opening night in her final preview piece for the festival, here.
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This week have a look at Francesca Militello’s picks for five must see German war films.
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This week Francesca Militello has reviewed Margarethe Von Trotta’s biopic “Hannah Arendt”, starring Barbara Sukowa in the leading role.
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The UK's last surviving newsreel theatre, the Tyneside Cinema in