By Daryl Bär Using extensive footage from his 1975 interviews with the exiled Benjamin Murmelstein, documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann etches the life and moral dilemmas of a man who endured extraordinary circumstances as the last President of the Jewish Council in the Theresienstadt ghetto. The only surviving elder not to have
Tech toys just keep getting better. Here are five of the most innovative tech inventions announced in 2014. Smart Contact Lenses Developed by Google (is there anything the corporate giant can’t do?), these smart contact lenses can actually monitor the glucose levels of people who have diabetes. Check out these smart lenses
Death at a Funeral (2007) is a classic British farce comedy directed by Frank Oz (Little Shop of Horrors) and written by Dean Craig (A Few Best Men). It features a great comic ensemble cast including Matthew MacFadyen, Kris Marshall, Ewen Bremner, Alan Tudyk Andy Nyman, Peter Dinklage, Rupert Graves
With award-winning real-life plane crash feature EREBUS: INTO THE UNKNOWN hitting UK cinema screens on 9 January and DVD/On Demand 12 January, we look back at films that capture the bravery, humanity, loss, spirit and experiemces of some of the world’s most disastrous real-life situations. Erebus: Into the Unknown (2015) dir.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam announced its programme today including the World Premiere of Martin Radich’s NORFOLK which will compete for the Hivos Tiger Award and is the only UK film in this year’s competition. NORFOLK, the second feature from BAFTA-nominated writer/director Martin Radich (Crack Willow), is a haunting thriller about a reclusive father and
