An end of year letter to the readers of Film Stories
by Simon Brew | Dec 23, 2024 | Feature, News
A few words to the brilliant readers of Film Stories, as we come to the end of another year. Thank you so much for supporting us....
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A few words for those struggling over the Christmas and New Year period
by Simon Brew | Dec 23, 2024 | Feature
If the Christmas and New Year period is particularly tough for you, a few words aimed in your direction. Thank you for reading....
The story of the unloved 1986 Only Fools And Horses Christmas special
by Rob Daniel | Dec 23, 2024 | Feature, News, TV
It's one of the least-liked episodes of the much-loved Only Fools And Horses - but the feature-length A Royal Flush had problems behind the scenes....
Found sounds | The shoe-stacked history of Foley artists
by Dan Cooper | Dec 20, 2024 | Feature
The early days of Hollywood saw plucky foley pioneers save audiences from a lifetime of boring sound design and create an art form which continues to...
The Film Stories Quiz of the Year | 24 questions about 2024
by Mark Harrison | Dec 20, 2024 | Feature
How good's your memory of 2024 in film? Here's our film quiz of the year, covering the big movies and news stories of the past 12 months…...
The Third Man | An original crew member on the making of a classic
by Tim Murray | Dec 19, 2024 | Feature
The Third Man is celebrating its 75th anniversary; to mark the occasion, StudioCanal brought original crew member Angela Allen along for a special...
The Electric State | Ranking the least-convincing wigs in the trailers
by Film Stories | Dec 19, 2024 | Feature, News
The $300m Russo brothers Netflix film The Electric State has spent serious money on some things. Wigs very much included....
When a grumpy middle-aged man accidentally watches a film in 4DX
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 19, 2024 | Feature, News
Kraven The Hunter? In 4DX? What could be more exciting? It turns out that ‘extreme sensory cinema’ and anxiety don’t mix…...
Viggo Mortensen interview | The Dead Don't Hurt
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 18, 2024 | Feature
As writer, director, producer, composer and co-star Viggo Mortensen delivers a personal take on the western genre with The Dead Don’t Hurt, Film S...
2024 | Film Stories’ 31 best movies of the year
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 18, 2024 | Feature, News
With an emphasis on the low-budget, the genre-based, daring and imaginative, here’s our pick of the 31 best movies of 2024....
Mental Health Matters | End of the year stuff
by Sarah Myers | Dec 18, 2024 | Feature
A few thoughts on the week or two ahead, as the world moves into Christmas and New Year mode. All in our Mental Health Matters spot....
Depot cinema | The East Sussex cinema with flowers on its roof
by Zoe Dowsett | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature, News
How a Sussex-based community cinema became one of Europe’s most green-friendly arts venues....
The man who made Superman fly
by Amy Coop | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature
The granddaughter of Denys N Coop tells the cinematography pioneer's story, from The Third Man to Richard Donner's Superman....
Tales Of The Unexpected | Ranking series one's nine episodes
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature, News, TV
Murder, infidelity, gambling, and sinister bed and breakfasts. We rank the stories in Tales Of The Unexpected’s first series…...
Skeleton Crew | Is this the boost Star Wars needs right now?
by Maria Lattila | Dec 16, 2024 | Feature, News
Skeleton Crew has been warmly received by critics and audiences alike so far. Could the series be exactly what Star Wars needs right now? A few...
Up The Catalogue director interview | ‘It was called 4Q for a reason’
by James Harvey | Dec 13, 2024 | Feature, Interviews, News
Alastair Siddons hated making his first film – so he made his psychological teleshopping parody Up The Catalogue a little differently…...
Nightbitch, and horror adaptations that dilute their novels' endings
by Stefania Sarrubba | Dec 13, 2024 | Feature, News
All bark, little bite: Nightbitch, and other horror films that don’t hit as hard as their source novels. Spoilers ahead......
Film Quiz Friday's Christmas Playlist | 30 festive film questions
by Mark Harrison | Dec 13, 2024 | Feature
Ho ho ho! It’s beginning to look a lot like Film Quiz Friday, so here’s 30 festive movie questions to get you in the Christmas spirit…...
Rumours | Megalopolis has competition for 2024’s weirdest film
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 12, 2024 | Feature, News
Politics and the apocalypse collide in Rumours - a horror satire that threatens to steal Megalopolis’ crown as 2024’s most eccentric movie....
Have traditional movie studios discovered Netflix’s Kryptonite?
by Simon Brew | Dec 11, 2024 | Feature, News
IMAX screens might just have given traditional Hollywood studios a way to push back against the power of Netflix. A few thoughts....
Mental Health Matters | The S Word
by Sarah Myers | Dec 11, 2024 | Feature
Huge trigger warnings for this piece, as our mental health chat this week goes into the topic of suicide....
Star Wars | The scruffy-looking joy of A New Hope’s unrestored theatrical print
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 10, 2024 | Feature, News
A New Hope and the rest of the Star Wars trilogy may be preserved and pristine, but there’s something wonderfully tactile about the untouched t...
Stop taking physical media fans for granted
by Simon Brew | Dec 09, 2024 | Feature, News
Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray collectors are often willing to pay top dollar for releases of films - but they still deserve value for money....
Network premieres | How UK TV is fighting off streaming this Christmas
by James Harvey | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature, News
In 2024, a film's TV debut is hardly ever an event to remember. Not so this Christmas, when the cinema event of the year might just premiere on the...
Body Snatchers | Why Abel Ferrara’s 1993 sci-fi horror deserves a second look
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature, News
Abel Ferrara’s sci-fi horror Body Snatchers was largely overlooked in 1993, but it’s aged remarkably well in the decades since....
Film Quiz Friday | Doctor Strangelove Actually
by Mark Harrison | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature
Enter the multiverse of mad movie-title mashups in this week’s film quiz, which features 30 questions with answers smashed or unsmashed…...
The 1980s films of Michael Caine | Water (1985)
by John Upton | Dec 05, 2024 | Feature
Is Water, a 1985 comedy from the writers of Porridge, a hidden gem in Michael Caine's long film career? No....
Alien: Romulus and its divisive line of dialogue
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 03, 2024 | Feature, News
A line of dialogue in Alien: Romulus has split opinion for months now. Here's why it might be slightly less incongruous than it first sounds....
Fast X, and its weird sequel limbo situation
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 03, 2024 | Feature
Given it’s meant to begin filming in early 2025, the sequel to Fast X seems notably clouded. We take a look at Fast XI’s muddled status....
We all took the DVD boom era for granted
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 02, 2024 | Feature
Between the late 90s and mid-2000s, home releases were often imaginatively packaged and stuffed with extras. We take a look back at the DVD boom…...
The three movies Disney made instead of Wicked
by Mark Harrison | Nov 29, 2024 | Feature
Wicked’s road to the screen has been a long one, but has Disney been reacting to it since the musical first hit Broadway?...
Film Quiz Friday | A Very Disney Sequelizer
by Mark Harrison | Nov 29, 2024 | Feature
How can the same round happen to the same quiz five times? This week’s film quiz tests your knowledge of Disney sequels…...
