Coverage of the West is West Q&A from the London Film Festival… In attendance: Ayub Khan-Din (Writer) Lesley Nicol (Anne) Ila Arun (Basheera) Aquib Khan (Sajid) Emil Marwa (Maneer) Om Puri (George) It’s been eleven years since the first film (East is East) which was very successful. It seems an extraordinary long time for a […]

DJ Haza reveals his guilty pleasures in more “Frustrated Ramblings Of An Aspiring Filmmaker”… We all have our guilty pleasures when it comes to film and television. That one film or television show that you know deep down is absolute tripe and you shouldn’t be watching it. But you do. It may be something that […]

Exorcismus (Spain: La posesión de Emma Evans), 2010. Directed by Manuel Carballo. Starring Sophie Vavasseur, Doug Bradley, Stephen Billington, Tommy Bastow and Jo-Anne Stockham. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl’s life changes when starts having frightening fits, which her parents attribute to psychological problems. However, she senses that something much darker is hiding inside her and waiting […]

Betrayal (Norwegian: Svik), 2009. Directed by Haakon Gundersen. Starring Lene Nystrøm, Götz Otto, Kåre Conradi, Hary Prinz, Jørgen Langhelle, Fridtjov Såheim and Jockel Tschiersch. SYNOPSIS: A nightclub singer and British double-agent recounts her experiences in occupied Norway. Set in occupied Norway amidst the Second World War, Betrayal concerns itself with opportunists who trade in liquor, […]

A frustrated Jamie Baker on movie trailers and their habit of giving away just that little too much… Trailers are one of the most important advertising techniques used in the promotion of films. With the increased accessibility to view them, not only through television and cinema, but also countless other new media devices, we are […]

Edge of the Empire, 2010. Written and Directed by Nirattisai Kaljareuk. Starring Arnut Rapanit, Lalisa Sontirod and Than Thanakorn. SYNOPSIS: In 757, the Qin dynasty unleashes its army to impose the emperor’s will upon the free tribes in the Cheung Dao Valley, China, forcing the six Tai tribes (the legendary ancestors of the Thai people) […]

James Ellis on the unsung heroes of film… Most people don’t realise what goes into making the films we love and adore. There is pre-production – all the writing of scripts and getting everything and everybody together. Then there is the production – all the shooting and explosions and arty bits. Finally there is the […]

The Social Network, 2010. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer and Max Minghella. SYNOPSIS: A drama about the creation of social networking website Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. It’s 3am or a similarly ridiculous hour. The sane and the content are asleep in […]

Sucker Punch, 2011. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm and Scott Glenn. SYNOPSIS: Locked in an institution against her will, a young woman fights for her freedom in a vivid dream world that blurs the boundaries between what is real […]

The King Maker, 2005. Directed by Lek Kitaparaporn. Starring Gary Stretch, John Rhys-Davies and Cindy Burbridge. SYNOPSIS: A Portuguese soldier of fortune sets sail for the Orient seeking the man who killed his father. Last year the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was dubbed a “King Maker” by many in the press, due to the […]