Articles by Mike McKenny
Mike McKenny writes for Film&Festivals Magazine, Hopelies.com and is film editor for Bradford based culture Magazine How Do. He is currently studying MA Film Studies at the University of Bradford and runs the Leeds/Bradford based community film society Minicine (@minicineYorks). You can follow him on Twitter at @destroyapathy
Mike and Corey Kenny check out the latest Marvel superhero offering to hit cinemas.
This week it’s all about porn, speed, guns and evading the cops – or should that be family values, true love and top driving skillz?
So it’s half way through the Bradford International Film Festival and @James_Voller has been one busy blogger.
Guest blogger Samuel Reeves gets the first stamp on his Creatures of the Night loyalty card at the Hyde Park Picture House.
It’s all about the big boys this week in our TV film selection from @DJBogTrotter.
Our film editor Mike McKenny (@DestroyApathy) was at the opening of the Bradford International Film Festival.
The Bradford International Film Festival opens tomorrow with the screening of Damsels in Destress (image above). Niki Bietron will be covering BIFF extensively for us, so look out for regular updates from her, and follow …
James Voller (@James_Voller) previews the Bradford International Film Festival’s Bradford After Dark strand. Old to new, spooky to slashy, British, American, French and Cuban; not just for horror aficionads, but for fans of cinema in …
Morticia Maguire-Broad (Twitter: @LadyLugosi) writes up her experience of Minicine’s Mini-Bloodbath. What she alludes to in the final paragraph, but politely downplays somewhat, is that although those who were there had a splendid time, the …
We have had two Culture Vultures send us in reviews of This Must Be the Place, which is playing at the Hyde Park Picture House every evening until this Thursday (12th April).
First, Morticia Maguire-Broad (Twitter: …
Film of the Week
Brazil, Monday 9th, 12.20am, Film Four
Quite simply, the zenith of Terry Gilliam’s career. This Orwellian sci-fi story deals with the down-trodden Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) and his struggle to rectify a bureaucratic …
Sam Reeves previews the new season of Hyde Park Picture House’s Creatures of the Night Strand. And what a fantastic collection of the weird and wonderful it is too. Sam will be on hand …
Alex Walsh quite simply declares the zombie genre dead! Please let us know your thoughts no Alex’s diagnosis and what you think of the health of the zombie genre in the comments below.
2012 is a …
Noel Curry (@DJBogTrotter) continues this regular feature. He’s done the TV guide trawling for you and picked out some of the filmic highlights available via free to access digital channels. And what another …
Next Saturday (7th April), Minicine will be holding its largest event thus far. The Polish Parish Club, on Edmund Street in Bradford centre, will be installed with a big screen to show …
Morticia Maguire-Broad (Twitter: @LadyLugosi) takes a nostalgic look back at when the seeds of her cinephilia were sewn.
The first film I ever went to see was The Jungle Book with the divine George Sanders as Shere Khan. I …
Ray Winstone is the star guest at this year’s Bradford International Film Festival (April 19 – 29), appearing in person at the National Media Museum for a Screentalk interview with none other than esteemed film …
Minicine lets you Culture Vultures know that there is less than a week to vote on their cult horror Mini-Bloodbath screening, ahead of the winning film playing at Glyde House next week.
On Wednesday 4th April, …
Leeds Young Film Intern Lauren (@RenMayJones), tells us about Mediafish, and why they are ensuring that young people’s views are at the heart of the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival.
I am a student of …
What I’ll Be Watching:
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (Friday 30th 12.25am Channel 4)
Shane Meadows is better known for his grim tales of northern life at the rougher end of the scale, usually set in …
Nick Jones asks who a young people’s film festival is for as he previews the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival (LYPFF) (28th March – 5th April)
Who is a Young People’s film festival for? The answer …
Noel Curry kicks off a brand new regular feature. He has done the TV guide trawling for you and picked out some of the filmic highlights available via free to access digital channels. And what …
This is the first post of what will be a regular feature, as Sam Reeves lets us know what’s going bump in the night in Hyde Park Picture House’s Creatures of the Night series. Below …
We have two culture vultures below giving their impressions on yesterday’s Bradford International Film Festival catalogue launch. First we have Dan Fletcher of Dan’s Movie Insights and then James Voller of Wrestle With the Questions.
The …
Alison Pilling went to see John Madden’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Read what she thought of the film below. The film is currently playing at the Hyde Park Picture House
I’ve just been to …
Adam Ryan writes about his experience at his first Minicine screening back in January. This review is clearly quite late in going up, but it’s been a matter of finding an appropriate time to post …
