cinema

Tyneside Cinema Launches Urgent Fundraising Campaign

Posted on May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 by Joseph Wade

The UK’s last surviving newsreel theatre, the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle, has launched a fundraising campaign to save it from ‘the worst funding crisis in its history’.

95th Academy Awards – Oscars Nominees 2023

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 by Joseph Wade

The full list of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards, the 2023 Oscars, as voted by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Cineworld Is Dead. Long Live Content.

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Joseph Wade

Cineworld Group plc is filing for bankruptcy. Here’s what happened, how it happened, and why you should care about it. Story by Joseph Wade.

Back There in the Dark: A Cinema Poem by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Posted on May 17, 2021July 1, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

“Back There in the Dark”, an original poem about cinema by Sam Sewell-Peterson.

Netflix’s Business Model Doesn’t Allow for Long-Term Film Success

Posted on March 12, 2021May 9, 2022 by Guest

Netflix Original movies seem to disappear just as soon as they’ve appeared, and with a new film set to be released during every week of 2021, it’s an issue filmmakers should take notice of. Essay by Luke Hinton.

Arrival and the Language of Cinema

Posted on March 11, 2021March 14, 2023 by Margaret Roarty

In his 2016 science fiction film ‘Arrival’, director Denis Villeneuve expertly uses the power of cinematic language to take us on a mind bending journey of love, loss, and the inevitability of time. Essay by Margaret Roarty.

Shot For Shot: Safe-Theft Scene in Hitchcock’s ‘Marnie’ (1964)

Posted on October 27, 2019June 22, 2020 by Kieran Judge

Over half a century later, Hitchcock’s movies still have us on the edge of our seats. But why? Kieran Judge breaks down how he masterfully manipulates his audience in a shot-by-shot analysis of a scene from ‘Marnie’ (1964).

The Scariest Scene of the 2010s – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Posted on September 13, 2019May 9, 2020 by Kieran Judge

Despite the resurgence of horror in the 2010s, the scariest scene of the decade came from a ‘Star Wars’ movie? Kieran Judge explores how Darth Vader has never been more terrifying than in ‘Rogue One’.

The Legacy of ‘Tomb Raider’ and Its Impact On Video Game Cinema

Posted on March 24, 2019February 29, 2020 by Craig Sheldon

21st century Hollywood’s biggest attempt at a video-game-to-movie franchise, Tomb Raider, has left an enduring legacy. Craig Sheldon explores in this special feature.

Designing Nightmares: H.R. Giger and ‘Alien’

Posted on March 11, 2019November 28, 2022 by Kieran Judge

When you think of ‘Alien’, you think of Ridley Scott and the Xenomorph, but the man behind the disturbing visuals is H.R. Giger, the artist profiled by Kieran Judge in this article.

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