BBC 2 Tonight – The Natural World
(watch it on the BBC i player)
BBC2 8pm this evening. This from the website;
Multi-award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane sets out on a journey to explore the unexpected landscapes and natural history of Essex, revealing that there is far more to the county than the stereotypes of white stilettos and boy racers.
Macfarlane spends a year travelling the [...]
The Amber Film Collective
by Ben Myers.
It took Channels 4’s retrospective in late 2008 to introduce me to the cinematic and photographic works of Newcastle’s Amber Film Collective. There were two surprises. Firstly, their films are amongst some of the best s I have ever seen, works of social value that are up there with anything by Mike Leigh, [...]
The Deadliest Catch
5 January 2010 // Film/TV // On Water
For those in peril on the sea by Mathew Clayton
One of the more unexpected consequences of becoming a parent is that you start watching strange television programmes when everyone else has gone to bed. Last Thursday morning at 4am I was sat on the couch, blanket on legs, gurgling wide awake baby on lap, completely [...]
Under the Mud.
by Roy Boulter
Following ‘Of Time And The City’ we have just released a quite different film – ‘Under The Mud’ a drama-comedy about a day in the life of a dysfunctional family, was written in collaboration with 15 teenagers. The film has had an incredible seven year journey from the first writing session to its [...]
Caught By The Reaper – Edward Woodward
16 November 2009 // Film/TV // Remembrance
Sad news just hit CBTR Towers that the actor Edward Woodward has passed away aged 79. Fondly remembered as The Equalizer and for his role as Sgt Howie in – possibly this writer’s favourite film of all time – The Wicker Man, you can click here to watch his finest hour/grizzliest end. Raise a glass! [...]
Radio Spiritworld
4 November 2009 // Film/TV // Miscellany
It’s good to know that when you go, there’s a decent radio station waiting for you on the other side. Radio Spiritworld (Inter-Dimensional), the only station broadcasting from the afterlife to the living world, is the brainchild of Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz, the men behind one of CBTR’s favourite TV shows ever, Look Around [...]
My Friend Eric
28 October 2009 // Film/TV // Miscellany
A film by Justin Partyka.
In early 2008 Justin Partyka acquired a small digital camera. The camera sat around gathering dust until he discovered it had a video function. Intrigued by the idea of carrying a “video camera” in his pocket, Partyka started to take the camera to the fields and farms he visits for The [...]
Accelerate
A short film by Carl Hunter & Clare Heney. Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
ACCELERATE from carl hunter & clare heney. on Vimeo.
When is a film not a film? by Carl Hunter
A couple of years ago I produced a film – Grow Your Own – Its real audienece was discovered in Cumbria. For some reason it [...]
Branchage
12 October 2009 // Film/TV // Music
Luke Turner, associate editor of rock music and pop culture website, The Quietus, with a round up of the recent Branchage Festival (aka The Jersey International Film Festival):
(Amiina, soundtracking the films of Lotte Reiniger)
Jersey is all of England and yet another place entirely – the air smells foreign, of warmth and lavender in one [...]
Top Midlands Film Tips
from friend of the river, Tony Crean;
Hope you’re all well. Worth a look if you’ve not already seen it, especially number ten…
As is the trailer for le donk :
Cheers
T
Caught by the River