19 h. ago One of Quentin Tarantino's best ever movies with 89% Rotten Tomatoes score is airing on TV tonight

The director is known for making some of cinema's greatest ever movies

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67 h. ago ‘The Citizen Kane of rock movies’: glam rockers Slade and their bid for cinema greatness

Fifty years ago, the Black Country legends made Slade in Flame, about a band screwed by the music business. It tanked and almost finished them. Now, as it’s re-released, the film is being seen as a prescient gemDaryl Easlea was eight years old when he got the 4A bus with his mate Graham down to the Odeon in Southend-on-Sea to see his favourite rock band make the leap from vinyl to celluloid. After 12 consecutive top 10 singles – including six No 1s – Slade had finally made their first movie, Slade in Flame. It has just turned 50.What young Easlea saw in 1975 was not the fun-packed adventures of a happy-go-lucky glam rock foursome, but a dour, downbeat film about being chewed up and spat out by the music industry. Easlea, who would grow up to be Slade’s biographer, didn’t care. Continue reading...

Culture

4 d. ago Holy Cow review – unlikely French teen cheesemaker drama with a big heart

A largely nonprofessional cast shine in Louise Courvoisier’s gritty rural tale that feels satisfyingly realHere’s something to tempt the appetites of fans of French cinema and artisan cheeses alike: Holy Cow, the first feature fim from French director Louise Courvoisier, has been a breakout success domestically (it won a prize at Cannes and a couple of Césars, and went on to win over French audiences in their droves). On paper, this tale of a rural teenage delinquent who dreams of glory in the annual comté cheesemaking competition sounds like any number of generic feelgood underdog tales. But there’s a knack to making great rural cinema, which boils down to capturing the grit and spit and personality of the place rather than some sun-dappled romantic projection of a simpler life.It helps immeasurably that Courvoisier grew up in the same remote Jura farming community in eastern France where the film is set. It shows in every rough-edged, beer-drenched frame – this is earthy, sweaty, ...

Events

6 d. ago John Lennon biopic to premiere at London's newest independent film festival

The Cine International Film Festival is hitting Soho in May to celebrate exciting new filmmaking, and their newly announced line-up features appearances from cinema greats as well as exciting premieres

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7 d. ago School of Rock cast unrecognisable as they reunite with Jack Black for SNL gig

Some of the child actors from 2003 movie School of Rock were there to watch co-star Jack Black host Saturday Night Live, and they look very different these days

Politics

8 d. ago Cinema warns 'the police will be called' as Minecraft movie showings hit by TikTok trend

The film's popularity has spread on social media platforms with groups of young viewers seen shouting and screaming

Events

1 week ago Huge Greater Manchester shopping centre to feature cinema and climbing wall as name revealed

The name is a nod to Wigan's local dialect

Economics

2 w. ago Danny Jones' wife Georgia gushes over her 'rock' after moving back in to work through marriage

McFly singer Danny Jones' wife Georgia Jones has shared a gushing tribute on her social media page, calling her friend her 'rock', as she tries to move past her husband's kiss scandal

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