As the director of Down Terrace, Kill List and Sightseers, Ben Wheatley is carving out a career for himself as one of the UK’s most exciting independent filmmakers. During a short break from finishing his…
Ahead of this weekend’s British Independent Film Awards, Raindance and BIFA founder Elliot Grove chats with movieScope Editor Nikki Baughan about two decades of championing British independent film. Tweet…
Four years after his debut In Bruges became a cult classic, playwright-turned-filmmaker Martin McDonagh returns with his blistering follow-up Seven Psychopaths. The film Colin Farrell as a struggling screenwriter, whose decision to accept his actor…
Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh's follow up to In Bruges, is 'one of the funniest films of the year,' writes Nikki Baughan…
Ben Wheatley's Sightseers plays like a 'deliciously dark mash up of Bonnie and Clyde meets Carry on Camping,' writes Nikki Baughan…
Although James Cameron’s mega-budget Hollywood behemoth Avatar has been dominating column inches over recent weeks, the rest of 2010 is shaping up to be a memorable one for films on this side of the Atlantic. With the…
Nikki Baughan reviews Stephen Applebaum's new book The Wicker Man: Conversations With Robin Hardy, Anthony Schaffer and Edward Woodward…
Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master is "a film that sparks a strong reaction, that gets into your head, that keeps you thinking and that sparks passionate debate and discussion" writes movieScope editor Nikki Baughan.…
Released October 12, 2012 Reviewed by Nikki Baughan Tweet That it’s taken over three decades to bring Jack Kerouac’s generation-defining novel to the screen will come as little surprise to anyone familiar with the book;…
BFI sets out how they plan to support the UK film industry over the next five years with the publication of Film Forever…