LATEST NEWS & FEATURES
Genesis is an upcoming sci-fi horror from Midlands filmmakers Lunar Gold Productions and billed as a blend of Alien meets Stranger Things.
The Midlands has incredible filmmaking talent but finding each other has often been the hard part. But Middling Connect, which launched earlier this year, hopes to try and change that with its new dedicated crew database built for the Midlands, by the Midlands.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and so, given his Midlands connections, how many of the huge number of film adaptations have been shot (or connected) to his hometown and local area? We endeavour to find out...
Why do pantomime when you can do Alien? A very amateur dramatics group of Dorset Bus Drivers spent a year creating a serious stage adaptation of the sci-fi, horror film, Alien.
Daniel Alexander’s feature film GALE: Yellow Brick Road is set to become one of the first Birmingham-made horror films to secure a nationwide U.S. theatrical release, screening in over American 1,000 cinemas.
Midlands film company Outward Film Network are excited to announce a new locally made short film that will begin its festival submission run from February 2026.
Writer Caitlin Moran grew up on a council estate in Wolverhampton and new film How to Build a Girl is an adaptation of her biography of the same name which covers her career as a budding young music journalist.
Kino Koło Notts are making final preparations for their next event premiering a new Bulgarian documentary - Cinema Lover: Stanka Penchevaabout - one of the countries giants of literature.
LATEST MIDLANDS REVIEWS
The repeating day formula is the groundwork (hog?) set-up for a new local short made in Leicester which explores the attempts to prevent a deathly accident.
A strange island with a mysterious aura is the focus of a new 30-minute short film where a community is plagued by disappearing inhabitants and horrific goings-on.
Midlands writer-director-actor-animator James Pyle ends the year with Big Red, a new 8-minute short film that explores the fun relationship between man and beast.
The “All the world’s a stage” quote from 'little-known' Midlands playwright William Shakespeare opens up a new and quirky short from writer-director Declan Smith.
LATEST CINEMA & HOME RELEASES
Expanded from director Thibault Emin’s 2007 short film of the same name, Else boasts a really strong premise but struggles out of the starting gates. A bizarre virus which merges people with their surroundings forces the introverted Anx (Matthieu Sampeur) and extroverted Cass (Edith Proust) to hunker down in Anx’s apar
Now a worldwide phenomenon with much global attention brought to the show’s Midlands location of Birmingham, Peaky Blinders is set to hit cinemas in 2026 for a movie following on from the TV series.
Reading through the various synopsises of Redux Redux, the third feature film by writer/director siblings Kevin and Matthew McManus, I can’t help but wonder if they do the film a disservice.
Apparently a favourite of Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright, Strongroom peaked my interest given those director’s recommendations as well as my own New Year goal to watch more under-the-radar classic movies.
Watch the trailer for local film THE BEAST OF RIVERSIDE HOLLOW
"Residents of a sleepy English village investigate a werewolf threat lurking in the nearby moors. Led by a punk band and eccentric locals, they race to unravel the mystery and reclaim their village from this dark danger."
The Beast of Riverside Hollow is a new British horror comedy starring Johnny Vegas and Ross Noble from local filmmaker John Williams. Check out the trailer above.