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WIDESCREEN WEEKEND SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED (BRADFORD – 15th – 18th OCTOBER)

As promised, here is the running order for next month's Widescreen Weekend which is being held at the Pictureville Cinema, attached to the National Media Museum in Bradford, England. SCHEDULE 15th ~ 18th October 2015 THURSDAY 15th 11:00 - A INTRODUCTION TO CINERAMA & WIDESCREEN CINEMA (PICTUREVILLE) 18:00 - WIDESCREEN WEEKEND RECEPTION (TBA) 19:00 -… Continue reading WIDESCREEN WEEKEND SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED (BRADFORD – 15th – 18th OCTOBER)

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WIDESCREEN WEEKEND BACK AT BRADFORD

After some concern over the future of the festival, the Widescreen Weekend, a celebration of classic widescreen films including those made in the Cinerama format, is set to return in October. The very future of the Media Museum itself was in jeopardy back in 2013 too... ...But they were ultimately saved. The festival begins on Thursday… Continue reading WIDESCREEN WEEKEND BACK AT BRADFORD

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GONE WITH THE WIND; RACIST… REALLY…?

Well, it is a pretty hard case to sell that this American classic from 1939 is anything but. Is it as bad as Birth Of A Nation, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year? I very much doubt it but it is guilty of the casual, patronising racism common place in pre-war America, with… Continue reading GONE WITH THE WIND; RACIST… REALLY…?

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RARE 3D TITLES OF THE MODERN ERA

- Of the modern 3D era, which is essentially 2007 to the present, several movies have made limited appearances in IMAX 3D. The first was an early example of IMAX's attempts to use 3D in mainstream cinema, with Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007) and Superman Returns (2006) both contain segments of 3D. But… Continue reading RARE 3D TITLES OF THE MODERN ERA

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AVATARS, BACK TO BACKS AND BAD HOBBITS?

Today sees the launch of James Cameron's 1997 epic, Titanic, now post-converted to 3D. This conversion came of the back of the unbridled successes of Avatar 3D, which will released on Blu-ray 3D in October, but surrounding all this, Cameron has been talking more and more about his upcoming sequels to Avatar. 2009 saw the… Continue reading AVATARS, BACK TO BACKS AND BAD HOBBITS?