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Incoming: A Touch of Sin
Written and directed by master filmmaker Jia Zhangke (The World, Still Life), this daring, poetic and grand-scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces, who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption in his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers …
Incoming: Godzilla
The monster movie isn’t dead, it’s GODZILLA. Directed by Gareth Evans, who made the extraordinary low budget Monsters, Godzilla stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn, and Bryan Cranston. By all accounts, it’s likely to be the best blockbuster of the year. Godzilla is out in cinemas this weekend
Incoming: The Two Faces of January
A glamorous American couple, the charismatic Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) and his alluring younger wife Colette (Kirsten Dunst), are in Athens during a European vacation. While sightseeing at the acropolis they encounter Rydal (Oscar Isaac), a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide, scamming female tourists on the side. Drawn to Colette’s …
Incoming: The Wind Rises
Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes. Nearsighted from a young age and thus unable to become a pilot, Jiro joins the aircraft division of a major Japanese engineering company in 1927. His genius is soon recognized, and become one of the world’s most accomplished airplane designers. Hayao Miyazaki brings his unique vision to …
Incoming: A Thousand Times Good Night
Rebecca is one of the world’s top war photographers. On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber group, she gets too near and is badly hurt in an explosion. Back home, another bomb drops. Her husband and daughters can no longer bear the thought of her dying on assignment in some faraway land. She is …
Preview: LaDIYfest Film Night: Transamerica
Fortnightly feminist film nights return to Harrisons 1854 in Sheffield courtesy of LaDIYfest. To celebrate LGBT History Month they asked people to nominate their favourite LGBT-themed films. As a result, they will be screening Transamerica on Thursday. Nominated for two Oscars, Transamerica follows a trans woman who takes an unexpected journey when she learns that …
20 Feet from Stardom Screening – 2nd March
Ahead of the Oscars tomorrow night, Sensoria are screening the favourite to win the Best Documentary Feature, 20 Feet From Stardom. Morgan Neville’s feature focuses on the unsung heroes or backing singers that, from the shadows, have helped shape rock and pop music for decade. The film features a great soundtrack plus interviews with members …