The godfather of independent film, Robert Redford, finally brought Sundance film and music festival to the UK, four dates dedicated to cutting edge films and music left me struggling to make a decision. ‘Shut Up And Play The Hits’ documenting the farewell show at a sold out Madison Square Garden’s from disco-punk pioneers, LCD Soundsystem [...]

GUILLEMOTS JOIN SUNDANCE LONDON OPENING NIGHT EVENT 'AN EVENING WITH ROBERT REDFORD AND T BONE BURNETT' Sundance Institute and The O2 announce BRIT Award-nominated psychedelic pop band Guillemots and Academy Award-winning musician/actor Glen Hansard will join the Opening Night Event An Evening with Robert Redford and T Bone Burnett at the first-ever Sundance London film [...]

The Chemical Brothers - Don't Think has been described as ‘the best dance music film ever made’ by The Guardian, ‘the most intense music film ever’ by The Times and ‘the cinematic event of the decade’ by Mixmag. 'Don’t Think' has been tipped as the most thrilling live movie ever, and has already propelled director [...]

Films out this week... The kid with a bike Directed by Belgium’s most celebrated filmmakers the Dardenne brothers, the heartwarming and touching story, ‘The Kid with a bike’ is set in Belgium and tells the tale of a troubled young boy, Cyril (played by Thomas Doret), abandoned by his father, and left in a state-run [...]

Based on the gripping true story from the book, In The Sewers of Lvov – 'The Heroic story of survival from the Holocaust', Oscar nominated, In Darkness, is a polish wartime drama film from acclaimed Director Agnieszka Holland. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, meets [...]

The run of quality films we have seen in 2012 looks set to continue into February with the superb collaboration of Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds, Shame), and Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings, A History of Violence) teaming up with cult director David Cronenberg in A Dangerous Method. Set on the eve of World War [...]

From what I have read (because my invitation got lost in the post) Sundance 2012 was truely about the art of film not the lavish parties in swanky ski resorts in Park City. Launching the festival with The Queen of Versailles seemed to begin a pattern of films and documentries looking at the current economic [...]

Sundance film festival opened with President and Founder Robert Redford saying ‘It’s no secret, times are dark and grim.’ Hard to believe when the festival takes place surrounded by the snowy peaks of Park City, Utah, a millionaire’s playground. With that less than enthusiastic introduction to this year’s festival, it seemed appropriate to open with [...]

This weeks movie pick is the second film from Art House director Steve McQueen, Shame. Much like The Artist, the film has been enjoying great success on the festival circuit and has already garnered much praise not only for it's director, but also for the superb Michael Fassbender who excelled as Bobby Sands in their [...]

What a year 2011 was. While England made enemies with the rest of Europe, there were earthquakes, tsunamis and dictators dying left right and centre. At first glance 2012 doesn’t look like it’s going to get any better. The economy is again on the downturn and unemployment is rising. To make matters worse, right away [...]