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The Christophers

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
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 […]

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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
The making of an icon
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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:
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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Exhibition on Screen
Michelangelo
Love and Death

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 20 2025
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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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Fantastic Machine
(original title:
And the King Said,
What a Fantastic Machine)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 18 2024
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(original title:
And the King Said,
What a Fantastic Machine)
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Directors – Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck – 2023 – Norway, Sweden, Denmark – Cert. 15 – 88m **** An idiosyncratic history of moving image technology and its increasingly pervasive role in human society, from camera obscura to smartphones and social media – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 19th To understand what this […]

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Exhibition on Screen:
John Singer Sargent
Fashion & Swagger

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 15 2024
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John Singer Sargent
Fashion & Swagger
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Director – David Bickerstaff – 2024 – UK – Cert. U – 93m **** Late nineteenth century society portrait painter John Singer Sargent was fascinated more by their clothing and the possibilities of paint than he was by the women he painted – documentary is out in UK cinemas for selected screenings from Tuesday, April […]

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Features Live Action Movies Music

Bob Marley
One Love

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date February 14 2024
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One Love
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Director – Reinaldo Marcus Green – 2023 – US – Cert. 12a – 104m ***1/2 From his childhood in poverty in Jamaica, Bob Marley rises to stardom and international fame as the bast known proponent of reggae music – out in UK cinemas on Friday, February 16th All this movie has to do to succeed […]

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Anselm
(Anselm
– Das Rauschen
Der Zeit)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 11 2023
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(Anselm
– Das Rauschen
Der Zeit)
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Director – Wim Wenders – 2023 – Germany – Cert. PG – 93m **** An exploration of the work of German artist Anselm Kiefer and the influences which lie behind it – 3D documentary plays the 2023 London Film Festival which runs from Wednesday, October 4th until Sunday, October 15th, and will be out in […]

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Claydream

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Post date June 23 2021
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Director – Marq Evans – 2021 – US – 96m **** The rise and fall of stop-frame Claymation pioneer Will Vinton and the Portland, Oregon animation studio that bore his name – out on digital from Monday, November 21st Will Vinton, founder of Will Vinton Studios and the man who made Claymation a US household […]

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All Is Vanity

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 10 2022
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Director – Marcos Mereles – 2021 – UK – Cert. 15 – 72m * A photographer, an intern, a model and a make-up artist unite for a photography shoot that goes horribly wrong – out in cinemas on Friday, October 14th What went wrong, exactly,? asks the opening voice over. He’s referring to a day, […]