Films, TV & Radio

The award-winning documentary No Other Land, is being screened on Channel Four on Tuesday 4 March, from 11.15pm to 12.50am The film has been named Best Documentary in the Film Independent Spirit Awards this week, and has also been nominated for an Oscar. Written and directed by a group of Jewish Israeli and Palestinian film-makers: Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor, their de... Read More

Towards the end of this moving Indian film, a character speaks about working days on end in a dark factory and the exhilaration of coming out into the light. Light then is symbolic of the realities of our lives but our hopes are that somehow or other we live through and imagine will be light. Directed by Payal Kapadia, with beautiful performances from Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hrid... Read More

Sands Films will be screening director Mahdi Fleifel's award-winning film A World Not Ours in person and on-line on Tuesday 21st January at 8pm. An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Drawing on family archives (photos and videos), as well as historical footage, the film is a reflection on belonging, friend... Read More

China, 2024, 116 minutes, Colour. Eddie Peng. Directed by Guan Hu. Sometimes moviegoers say that they would like to see something different, a film from somewhere else, different sensibilities,, entry into a world they are unfamiliar with. Black Dog is an excellent candidate this kind of choice. We are caught up with a very striking opening, the camera panning unfamiliar vistas of north-western Ch... Read More

Conclave. (Edward Berger, director; starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini.) Based on the novel by Robert Harris. Conclave takes us into the drama and secrecy of a papal election through the tormented soul of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes). Exasperated by Vatican intrigue and plagued by doubt he longs to retire. The unexpected death of the pope means that instead he m... Read More

Stefano Rebeggiani, Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Southern California, shares some fascinating comments on the new film Gladiator II in his article in Angelus News. He writes: "If you haven't heard by now, Hollywood is at it again, offering viewers another serving of one of the staples of ancient Roman society: gladiators. As Russell Crowe famously asked the crowds in the Co... Read More

The life and times of photo-journalist, Tim Hetherington is told in the powerful documentary: 'Which way is the front line from here?' - showing at the Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street parish this Thursday, 28 November. Cost: free - with drinks and refreshments (donations welcome) Jesuit-educated photojournalist, Tim Hetherington was 'killed at work' in Libya in 2011. Tim had travelled th... Read More

The Miracle Club', made in 2023, is the final acting role of the late, great Dame Maggie Smith. As 31 October is Hallowe'en night, I considered showing the demonic classic film, 'The Omen', until I recently spotted this more cheerful comedy drama for the Film Club in the Seville Cathedral magazine. Really! Also starring Laura Linney, Kathy Bates and Stephen Rea, the story looks at female friendshi... Read More

Radio Maria, one of the fastest-growing Christian radio stations in the England, has announced its expansion into three new DAB+ regions: Peterborough, Norwich and King's Lynn. This exciting development brings the station's popular and inspiring Christian programming to even more listeners across East Anglia, solidifying Radio Maria's presence as a trusted voice of faith in the UK. Since its launc... Read More

Acclaimed actors Letitia Wright and Nika King lit up London at the VIP Gala Screening of the Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, last night, at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square. The event attracted a host of A-list celebrities, filmmakers, and industry professionals, creating a glamorous atmosphere for the celebration of this moving film. Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot tells the... Read More

The Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street parish in Mayfair, presents 'The Letter - a message for our Earth' on Thursday, 26 September at 6.30pm for 7pm. This film, which has been endorsed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Arnold Schwarzenegger among others, tells the story of a journey to Rome of frontline leaders to discuss the encyclical letter Laudato Si' with Pope Francis. Colette Joyce from West... Read More

On hearing the title, I rightly assumed that the film was set in the Southern States of America, but it turned out that Possum Trot is not an individual, but a place in rural East Texas. The film tells the inspiring true story of how in the 1990s, 22 families from a small black Baptist church in this small town adopted 77 hard to place children. Like Sound of Freedom, Angel's studio's film about c... Read More

The Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street, 114 Mount St W1K 3AH, presents 'Do the Right Thing' in the Arrupe Hall at 6.30pm for 7pm on Thursday 29 August 2024. Cost: free - with drinks and refreshments (donations welcome) To complement our own hot Summer nights, 'Do the Right Thing' is a 1989 American comedy drama film produced, written and directed by multi award-winning Spike Lee. It stars L... Read More

In 2023, Balfour Project hosted the first season of Mike Joseph's audio series, KEYS A Troubled Inheritance. Balfour Project now supports the cinema release of his filmed encounter with Gaza journalist Sami Abu Salem - GAZA A Story of Love and War. Two journalists meet to share stories over a Zoom link. One is Welsh and unable to get into Gaza. The other is Palestinian and unable to get out. As th... Read More