Category: Art

Chicken Run

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Post date December 6 2023
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Producer-Directors: Nick Park, Peter Lord – Producer – David Sproxton – 2000 – UK – Cert. PG – 84m ***** Which came first – the chicken or the egg? Plasticene stop-frame animation house Aardman Animations’ debut feature film reconceives The Great Escape with chickens – back out in UK cinemas from Friday, 24th July Aardman […]

Art Features Live Action Movies

The Christophers

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Post date May 13 2026
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Director – Steven Soderbergh – 2025 – US, UK – Cert. 15 – 100m ** Two siblings hire a young art restorer to forge some of their famous artist father’s unfinished paintings before he dies so they can collect on their posthumous sale – out exclusively on digital platforms from Monday, 20th July Professional art restorer Lori Butler (Michaela […]

Animation Art Features Movies

Son
Of The White Mare
(Fehérlófia)

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Post date June 23 2021
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Of The White Mare
(Fehérlófia)
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Director – Marcell Jankovics – 1981 – Hungary – Cert. 12 – 86m ***** Based on Hungarian folk legends, the story of three sons of the white mare who must free three princesses from their dragon husbands and restore the kingdom from chaos – from the Annecy International Animation Festival 2026 which runs from Sunday, […]

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Leonora
in the Morning Light
(Leonora
im Morgenlicht)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 29 2026
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in the Morning Light
(Leonora
im Morgenlicht)
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©Mirjam Kluka, Dragonfly films, Alamode Film

Directors – Thor Klein, Lena Vurma – 2025 – Germany, Romania, Mexico, UK – Cert. 15 – 103m ** In Mexico, France, Spain and the England of her childhood, Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington must confront her personal demons – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, May 29th Deserted hillsides, a sliver of a road, eventually a tiny red […]

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Art Documentary Exhibitions Features Live Action Movies

Exhibition on Screen
Frida Kahlo
Special Edition
with new material from
The making of an icon

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 19 2026
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Frida Kahlo
Special Edition
with new material from
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Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas, 1939 © EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

Director – Ali Ray – 2020, 2026 – UK – Cert. U – 93m, 101m ***** The tragic yet resonant life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, and her transformation into a modern, cultural icon – out in UK cinemas from Tuesday, May 19th As dour piano chords play, a title announces that Frida Kahlo held only […]

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Exhibition on Screen
Turner & Constable

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Post date March 9 2026
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Director – David Bickerstaff – 2026 – UK – Cert. U – 93m **** A journey through the current Tate Britain show and art history about the two rival landscape painters – out in UK cinemas from Tuesday, March 10th This latest Exhibition on Screen entry kicks off in uncharacteristic fashion with photographic shots of […]

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Art Exhibitions Music

Miseris Succurrere Disco
(I Learn to Help
Those in Need)

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Post date March 7 2026
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(I Learn to Help
Those in Need)
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Curators – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2026 – UK **** A chapel interior is repurposed as a reflection on how personal tragedy can awaken empathy, mercy and collective care – exhibition / installation at Fitzrovia Chapel from Friday, March 6th to Wednesday, March 25th It’s a strange phenomenon when you attend an exhibition / installation and the unfamiliar venue […]

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Top Ten Movies
(and more,
excluding re-releases)
2025

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 1 2026
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(and more,
excluding re-releases)
2025
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Work in progress – subject to change. Because I am still watching movies released in 2025, so it’s always possible that a new title could usurp the number one in due course. All numbered films received either a theatrical, online or home media release in the UK between 01/01/25 and 31/12/25. This version excludes re-releases […]

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Animation Art Documentary Features Live Action Movies Music Shorts Top Ten

Top Ten Movies
(and more)
2025

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 1 2026
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(and more)
2025

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Exhibition on Screen
Michelangelo
Love and Death

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Post date May 20 2025
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Michelangelo
Love and Death
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Director – David Bickerstaff – 2017 – UK – Cert. U – 91m ***** Sixteenth Century Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo remains one of the greatest artists of all time, yet his overreaching ambition frequently proved his undoing – back out in UK cinemas to tie in with the 550th anniversary of Michelangelo’s birth from Tuesday, May […]

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