Posts Tagged ‘Timothy Cooke’
James Lucas: 'I’d like to produce a film that’s stylish, unflinching, slightly feral and entertaining'
With his debut short film tipped for an Oscar, Hackney based screenwriter James Lucas offers a preview of his latest script about an East London motorcycle gang
Read MoreJack London goes down and out in The People of the Abyss
Reissue of Jack London’s socialist expose from 1903 with original photographic plates aims to shock with its depiction of early 20th-century poverty
Read MoreIain Sinclair launches 70×70 birthday book
Iain Sinclair discusses the changing face of cinema at book launch event
Read MoreRay Winstone: I got my big break on the way I walked down the corridor
Hard man of film talks about getting his breakthrough role in Scum and growing up in East London
Read MoreLove Hotel documentary – leaving reservations at home
The Japanese phenomenon of short stay ‘love hotels’ is the focus of a new documentary by Hackney’s Native Voice Films
Read MoreHackney Downs Studios to host season of plays in "roundabout" theatre
Child rearing anxiety, the meltdown of an obsessive Kate Bush fan, and a teacher who turns into a troll, all feature in Brave New Work season of one act plays
Read MoreCrime is of the essence: Where now for the East End gangster flick?
From The Krays to Snatch, East London has provided inspiration for countless films about organised crime, but as local identity shifts is it time to consign the genre to history?
Read MoreEast End Film Festival – three films that stood out
Among the 100 features and 80 short films shown during last month’s East End Film Festival a trio of films stood out
Read MoreSally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent star in East Londoner's short film
Hackney writer’s helpline-inspired short film The Phone Call is an emotional tear jerker
Read MoreHackney's Finest hour?
Hackney’s Finest by Lord of the Rings director Chris Bouchard has already caused a stir with its graphic portrayal of drug dealers and criminality
Read MoreIain Sinclair looks back at 70×70 birthday film project
The year-long project to commemorate the writer’s seventieth birthday in which he chose 70 films to be screened across the capital ends this month
Read MoreMacaulay Culkin plays gig at new Clapton pizza delivery shop
Home Alone star plays set with his comedy band The Pizza Underground at the launch of a new pizza joint in Clapton
Read MoreChris Marker: A Grin Without a Cat review
The Whitechapel Gallery’s retrospective of French filmmaker and artistic visionary Chris Marker is a celebration of a provocative and sprawling body of work
Read MoreCalvary review – 'An incisive, thrilling and original piece of work'
A priest faces a deadly showdown with a parishioner in John Michael McDonagh’s satirical drama
Read MoreInterview: Hackney Child author tells of experiences growing up in care
‘It’s much easier to build resentment on the care system than it is on your parents,’ says Jenny Molloy
Read MoreInterview: 'It's much easier to build resentment on the care system than on your parents'
Jenny Molloy talks about finding forgiveness and acceptance after growing up in care and her mixed feelings about returning to East London
Read MoreInterview: ‘It’s much easier to build resentment on the care system than on your parents’
Jenny Molloy talks about finding forgiveness and acceptance after growing up in care and her mixed feelings about returning to East London
Read MoreHackney Child – review
Memoir of Hope Daniels is story of an upbringing characterised by neglect and hardship
Read MoreHackney resident Anna Duffield nominated for a BAFTA award
Film producer recognised for her role in short film Sea View, an unsettling tale of adolescent love
Read MoreGoing The Way of the Dodo
Documentary is a celebration of a dying medium and portrait of a true film aficionado
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