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Second Opinion – Dark River (2017)

February 21, 2018 by Freda Cooper

Dark River, 2017. Directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean, and Dean Andrews. SYNOPSIS: Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to the family farm after the death of her father.  It’s 15 years since she left, the farm is falling apart and brother Joe (Mark Stanley) is barely managing to keep it going.  […]

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Movie Review – Dark River (2018)

February 19, 2018 by Tom Beasley

Dark River, 2018. Written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley and Sean Bean. SYNOPSIS: After the death of their father, two siblings engage in a power struggle for control of the dilapidated farm their parent left behind. The first two features from Yorkshire-born filmmaker Clio Barnard marked her out as a […]

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Ruth Wilson turned down a Marvel role, wants to play a supervillain

February 26, 2018 by Gary Collinson

During an interview with Time Out to promote her new film Dark River, British actress Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair) has revealed that she had the opportunity to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but turned it down as she felt the role wasn’t big enough. “I did have an interview for a Marvel thing ages […]

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Exclusive Interviews – Clio Barnard, Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley talk Dark River

February 21, 2018 by Freda Cooper

One of the most distinctive and uncompromising voices in British film returns to cinemas this week.  Often described as the natural successor to Ken Loach, Clio Barnard moves from the urban setting of her much-praised The Selfish Giant (2013) to the windswept farming country of the Yorkshire Moors in Dark River.   Based on Rose […]

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UK poster for Dark River starring Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley

December 23, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Arrow Films has unveiled a new poster for Dark River, the new film from director Clio Barnard (The Arbor), which stars Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley and Sean Bean; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Dark River here Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Clio Barnard, Dark River, Mark Stanley, Ruth Wilson

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