Many of you will have seen The Departed by Martin Scorsese for which he won his only Oscar. Fewer of you will know that the story for the film was ‘borrowed’ from a 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller called Infernal Affairs directed...
Read MoreIt’s been a stonker of a year for The Slow Readers Club. The Editor of Northern Soul, Helen Nugent, chatted to the lads at the Ramsbottom Festival back in September. Here’s the full unedited version. Many thanks to...
Read MoreIt’s suddenly become a very interesting time to be a David Lynch fan again. His last feature film, Inland Empire, was released more than ten years ago, back in 2006. Though it had much to recommend it, there was perhaps a...
Read MoreBased on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, The Big Sick tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail (Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his...
Read MoreIt’s taken around ten years for Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby to bring the germ of an idea about a washed-up actor from a TV detective show to full fruition on the big screen. Directed by theatre alumnus Sean Foley...
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