The Electric Cinema in Birmingham’s city centre is an important spot for all film lovers. It is thought to be the oldest working cinema in the United Kingdom, opening in 1909. Despite witnessing most of film history, as well as two World Wars, the Electric sadly had to close its doors due to the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020, with the previous owners deciding to sell thereafter.

Netflix films are like marmite. You either love them or hate them. In other words, they either are received amazingly, or they do not do well. Munich – The Edge of War was just okay. It was not as capturing as other recent Netflix releases, such as The Power of the Dog or tick, tick… BOOM!

Sometimes the simplest stories can teach us the deepest lessons; this is the conclusion that many will draw from Mike Mills’ new film C’mon C’mon. The plot follows a recently single middle-aged man named Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and his eight-year-old nephew Jesse (Woody Norman) as they are thrown into living together. This is due to Johnny’s sister Viv (Gaby Hoffman) leaving to go look after Jesse’s dad Paul (Scoot McNairy) after a serious bipolar episode.

‘A fable from a true tragedy;’ Pablo Larraín’s Spencer, filmed in lockdown in both Germany and the UK, seems an appropriate story to be captured amid an isolation forced upon the world. The recent success of The Crown has made the anticipation for Spencer long-awaited. The film, purposefully titled Spencer, is an adaptation of Diana’s life and struggles that comes with being a member of the royal family, yet is not a focus on the family as a whole.