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Exhibition on Screen:
Caravaggio

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 11 2025
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Caravaggio
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Caravaggio – filming Christ at Emmaus (1601) at the National Gallery London © David Bickerstaff

Directors – David Bickerstaff, Phil Grabsky – 2025 – UK – Cert. 12a – 101m *** A look at the turbulent life of sixteenth century Italian painter Caravaggio, his troubles, his forced travels, and his art – out in UK cinemas from Tuesday, November 11th Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), generally known as Caravaggio, is here, […]

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The Land
Where Winds
Stood Still
(Zhel Toqtaghan Zher)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 16 2023
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Where Winds
Stood Still
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Director – Ardak Amirkulov – 2023 – Kazakhstan – Cert. none – 108m ***** A Kazakh mother made homeless by Soviet policy must protect her two sons in the harsh environment of the Steppes – premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival An historical, period, survival movie. In […]

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