14 films to look out for at this year's major festivals

It's that time of year again where the late summer through autumn film festival circuit kicks into gear with the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals with London and New York following in late autum to early winter. We have a range of features premiering from the mainstream likes of …

14/08/2019

Jack Monaghan

Movies

7 movie directors who could be the next big thing

Multiple directors have come and gone throughout the age of cinema. From the likes of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese to the more obscure auteur likes of Paul Thomas Anderson and Todd Haynes, we have a variety of filmmakers to look up to. But this decade has seen multiple new …

18/07/2019

Jack Monaghan

Movies

Cannes Film Festival 2019 preview: which films should you look out for?

It's that time of year again and the line-ups for the 2019 Cannes Film Festival have been announced. We have mainstream features such as Quentin Tarantino's 60s cinema tribute Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the Elton John biopic Rocketman premiering in competition and out of it respectively, but …

24/04/2019

Jack Monaghan

Movies

5 Movies That Made Spookily Accurate Tech Predictions

Film has shown us many visions of the future and the technology and gadgets it could bring. Many have got it wrong, but some have got it right. Here are some of those films: A Trip To The Moon (1902) To kick off the list, we need to travel back …

22/02/2019

Jack Monaghan

5 of the best alternative Christmas movies

It's Christmas time, and what better way to celebrate the season of good will to all men than a countdown of five alternative films to enjoy over the holiday season. Dim the lights, hang the mistletoe and enjoy. Carol Director: Todd Haynes To kick off the list, we have Todd …

19/12/2018

Jack Monaghan

Movies

An Introduction to Curzon Artificial Eye, one of Britain's greatest film distributors

The British public has had its share of enjoyment in indulging in re-releases of undiscovered classics, films independent of the constraints of mainstream Hollywood and cinema from areas of the world outside of the UK and the United States. Among the film distributors we have to thank for this include …

22/06/2018

Jack Monaghan

Movies

10 films to look forward to at Cannes Film Festival 2018

Bonjour mesdames et messieurs, c'est encore cette pÃ©riode de l'annÃ©e. In the next few weeks, we will be seeing the seventy first edition of the Cannes Film Festival beginning. There's been a wide list of selections, so we at MusicMagpie will be counting down a list of potential features to …

03/05/2018

Jack Monaghan

Movies

12 movies (almost) ruined by studio interference

We have spoken about it before and now Alex Garland's follow-up to 2015's Ex-Machina, an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation (the first book in the Southern Reach trilogy), is upon us. However, recently, it hasn't been an easy road for Garland and the folks behind the film, with test screenings …

13/03/2018

Jack Monaghan