Eclectic Cinema

By David SaitchSeptember 9, 2022 Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Eclectic Cinema is back at Cheltenham Playhouse, after its summer break, with a varied programme of six films between now and Christmas. The first is Promising Young Woman (15), starring Carey Mulligan, on Monday 12 September. The show kicks off at 19:30 and tickets can be bought online, or on the door, for £7.50 each. This… [continues]

Cheltenham Film Society

By David SaitchSeptember 9, 2022 Uncategorized Leave a comment

Cheltenham Film Society’s new season launches on Tuesday 13 September, opening with the rambunctious comedy, Our Ladies. “Our story is older than the glens and hills,” teenage girl Orla (Tallulah Greive) recites in the opening moments of Our Ladies. She’s dressed in fair-maiden white, her bare feet delicately balanced across the pebbles of a Highland loch… [continues]

Crossing the Streams

By David SaitchSeptember 8, 2022September 9, 2022 Crossing the Streams, Uncategorized Leave a comment

BFI Player BFI Player is the British Film Institute’s video on-demand streaming service, showing critically acclaimed classic, cult and archive films. BFIPlayer has 2 sections, a subscription service, where you pay a monthly fee of £4.99 or an annual fee of £49, which obviously works out marginally cheaper, and a rental service, where you pay… [continues]

Crossing the Streams

By David SaitchSeptember 2, 2022September 5, 2022 Crossing the Streams, Uncategorized Leave a comment

MUBI Mubi started off as The Auteurs back in 2007, but changed their name in 2010 as they were looking to expand globally and wanted a simple to say, simple to spell name that would work in any language. Initially they were a small scale streaming service showing a curated range of quality films, but… [continues]

Crossing the Streams

By David SaitchAugust 26, 2022September 2, 2022 Crossing the Streams Leave a comment

The Amazonian Swamp Amazon Prime Video is anything but Prime; and probably most people have it because they subscribe to Amazon’s Prime service for free and expedited delivery of packages they bought but don’t really need. When you load it and look at the interface, you really are in a jungle, and it can be… [continues]

Crossing the Streams

By David SaitchAugust 19, 2022August 20, 2022 Crossing the Streams Leave a comment

Streaming Recommendations In this new addition to Film Cheltenham we will be adding recommendations for films on streaming platforms. The films might be on streaming behemoths like Netflix or Amazon’s Prime Video, or on more niche streaming services, like the BFI Player or MUBI. They may be great Friday night films, or more challenging works,… [continues]