Tag: Film4
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Dark River.
When I reviewed her directorial debut, The Arbor, I declared that Clio Barnard was a British director to keep your eye on. Back in 2013 her follow up The Selfish Giant further demonstrated her ambition, capability and versatility. Barnard’s third feature is a rural British drama centred around unspoken memories of trauma which continues to prove all of the…
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The Fierce, Fierce Film Four.
This entry is taken from a recent presentation I gave, as part of a group, on the company Film Four. In 1982, Channel 4 was asked to help the British film industry by starting up a department that could help build a new relationship between British cinema and British television. Since the glory days of…
Hannah McHaffie 