Class War: ‘Us And Them’ reviewed
❉ ‘A mashup of Tarantino and Alan Clark’: British director Joe Martin’s angry, cynical, witty and fast moving debut feature.
Alan Clarke
‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ (DVD/Blu-ray) reviewed
❉ A brutal, witty, slice of social realism that deconstructs Thatcherism, identity and the notion of society.
‘Rita, Sue And Bob Too’ (Blu-Ray/DVD) reviewed
❉ The passing of time hasn’t mellowed the impact of Alan Clarke’s 1987 film.
Looking Back on ‘Grange Hill’
❉ Birthed in the wake of punk, Grange Hill spanned three full decades.
‘Rita, Sue and Bob Too’: Dual Format Edition, BFI screening
❉ One of the most memorable and enduring British films of its era.
‘The Single Soldier’ – Debut novel from actor George Costigan
❉ Star of Rita, Sue and Bob Too and Happy Valley announces his debut novel.
Space Goes On Forever: ‘The Boy From Space’
❉ Step back inside Wordy’s WordLab as we revisit a seminal sci-fi experience for a generation of British schoolchildren…
Alan Clarke: A man of our times
❉ A whirlwind overview of Alan Clarke’s work for the BBC, recently restored by BFI.