Episode 4

This week we review Aardman's Shaun the Sheep, Eddie Marsan stars in British drama, Still Life and David Oyelowo brings the extraordinary story of Martin Luther King to life in Selma. 

Ashley Clark is a film critic and film programmer who divides his time between London and New York. He writes for Sight & Sound, The Guardian, Reverse Shot, Time Out, Little White Lies, Film Comment, and VICE, among others. He is currently writing his first book, Facing Blackness: Minstrelsy and the Media in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled. He has programmed at venues including BFI Southbank and Clapham Picturehouse in London.

Amour Fou(12A)

Set in early nineteenth-century Berlin, Amour Fou explores the relationship between a writer and his lover in the final stage of their lives. Directed by Jessica Hausner and nominated for ‘Un Certain Regard’ at Cannes Film Festival 2014.

The Interview(15)

The controversial American comedy finally enjoys its cinematic release in the UK after the notorious hacking of Sony Picture’s computer systems delayed the planned launch. Two American TV hosts played by Seth Rogen and James Franco are offered the interview of a life time with North Korea’s apparently pop-loving dictator but things go array when the CIA task them with an assassination mission.

The Rendlesham UFO Incident

A group of metal detector enthusiasts venture into Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, inspired by the claims of several US air force troops who claimed they saw extra-terrestrial aircraft there in 1980. As night falls and with their navigation equipment failing, they find themselves facing a terrifying encounter with an unforgiving alien presence. Directed by Daniel Simpson.

Shamitabh

A young boy from a small village is determined to become a Bollywood star. “Shamitabh” is about his meteoric rise to stardom and the unconventional methods used to get there.

The Turning (15)

A three hour adaption of a collection of short stories by Australian writer Tim Winton. 18 interweaving stories are directed by various Australian directors and actors including Warwick Thorton (Samson and Delilah) and a directorial debut from Mia Wasikowska. Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving help form the impressive Australian ensemble cast.