Moving Pictures

Moviola in December

BARBENHEIMER comes to the West Country courtesy of Moviola in November and December! The portmanteau word was coined for the cultural phenomenon of two vastly different blockbuster films being released at the same time in high summer. Barbie has, in the current jargon, absolutely smashed it at the box office. Oppenheimer has been slightly less…

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Nosferatu at Wiveliscombe

CINEMA Obscura returns to Wiveliscombe Town Hall on Sunday 22nd October with a screening of the film credited with giving birth to the horror genre – FW Murnau’s Nosferatu. It will be screened, at 4pm, with a new live score played by Chris Green. Nosferatu was the first cinematic interpretation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and…

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Things are amiss …

A NEW documentary by Bridport-based photographer and film-maker Robert Golden is being shown at Bridport Arts Centre on Sunday 17th September, as part of this year’s International Day of Democracy events. The afternoon programme begins at 3.30pm with A Snapshort, an award-winning short film, funded by the British Film Institute, which explores the experience of…

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The artist and the spider

THE great Louise Bourgeois has an international reputation as an artist and sculptor – but will always be most widely known for her giant spider sculpture, which gives its name to the title of a film being shown at Dorchester Corn Exchange on Wednesday 3rd May at 7pm. Coinciding with Dorset Museum’s Artist Rooms: Louise…

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Windrose launches new website

RURAL media charity Windrose Trust has a new website – windroseruralmedia.org – where you can view old film, listen to audio and order DVDs. All Windrose’s projects were cancelled or postponed because of the pandemic, but a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund has enabled the charity, which was set up in 1984 under…

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