Tomorrow maybe a new day, it’s also a new year. 2020 has been a year to forget but last week myself and Theo Neuman and Ben Woodwiss it was one for us to remember. Last weekend the three of us recorded Episode 137 of The Outside Centre Film Podcast, with the 2020 films of the… Read More Listen To The Final 2020 Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode!
If there was ever going to be a filmmaker to chronicle the diversity of human behaviour it’s got to be Roy Andersson. The veteran Swedish filmmaker recently finished his’ Human Trilogy‘ ( Songs From The Second Floor, You The Living and A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence) returns with another slice of… Read More Film Review – About Endlessness (2019)
It’s Podcasting time! Yesterday myself and show host Theo Neumann recorded the latest episode for the Outside Centre Film Podcast. Episode 135 saw both of us travel around the world from Japan to France then over to Iceland. LISTEN TO EPISODE 135 First up was the family drama, My Dad As A Heel Wrestler -Part… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode 135
We’re nearly half way through October which can mean only one thing, film Podcast time. Yesterday I recorded this month’s Outside Centre Film Podcast, the the podcast dedicated to World Cinema. Episode 133 saw myself and host Theo Neumann go Scandinavian and big on family plus some Nutella! As ever, if you enjoy full open… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode 133
Communication is the greatest gift anyone can have, from body language to actually talking to one and other. Sadly these days society uses this gift to abuse or use them for ulterior motives. In Denis Villeneuve‘s Arrival the relationship of humanity is put to the test thanks to emergence of the mysterious aliens. In 2020… Read More Film Review – Arrival (2016)
That time of the month has arrived again! Last week I recorded Episode 131 of Outside Centre Film Podcast. Exploring world cinema with September choices a man in grief in Inceland, A pathetic man stuck in a Slovakian kitchen sink absurdity that wants to be a Greek Tragedy. Finally a tender love story set in… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode 131
Murder, fish knives, dark family secrets, sea shanties and female empowerment are all the range in small town noir in Blow The Man Down. The film marks Bridget Cole and Danielle Krudy‘s feature film directorial debut (the pair worked in short films and Television).I watched this at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year, describing… Read More Amazon Prime Review – Blow The Man Down (2019)
For years I dreamed of the day The Criterion Collection would come to the UK. In 2016 that dream came true (with a little help from Sony Pictures Releasing), the boutique distributor arrived and my mind went into hyperdrive. I was like a child let loose in a Toy shop, I couldn’t decide what releases… Read More Film Review – The Uninvited (1944, Criterion Collection)
How time flies when your having fun and over the weekend we recorded another episode of the Outside Centre Podcast. The world cinema film podcast I monthly guest critic on with host Theo Neumann. This month sees us look at Russian Horror, Kitchen Sink drama, Finnish style and a Latvian war epic … Firstly is… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode 129
Corneliu Porumboiu is a big player in the Romanian New Wave Cinema with Police, Adjective (2009) his most well known creation. His films are not known for their commercial friendliness, more deadpan, realism. Eleven years on Porumboiu’s The Whistlers is released and it’s his most accessible film to date. A stylish noir inspired playful thriller.… Read More Film Review – The Whistlers (2019)
Chronicles In Film 