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Inside Cinema
Short films taking you to the heart of the movies.
56 Episodes Available
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Shorts: 1. Women in Red
Series 1: 2. Guilt-Free Pleasures
What’s your favourite guilty
pleasure? And why the guilt? A celebration of trashy cinema.
...
What’s your favourite guilty pleasure? And why the guilt? A celebration of trashy cinema.
59 mins
Available for 10 months
Shorts: 50. Witches
Elizabeth Sankey reviews cinema's complex relationship with
wickedly powerful women.
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Elizabeth Sankey reviews cinema's complex relationship with wickedly powerful women.
8 mins
Available for over a year
Black History Month: 4. Ryan Coogler
Documentary from Kambole
Campbell on Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther and Creed.
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Documentary from Kambole Campbell on Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther and Creed.
14 mins
Available for 8 months
Black History Month: 3. Barry Jenkins
Documentary from Grace
Barber-Plentie on trailblazing Moonlight director Barry Jenkins.
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Documentary from Grace Barber-Plentie on trailblazing Moonlight director Barry Jenkins.
13 mins
Available for 8 months
Black History Month: 2. Ava DuVernay
Documentary from Corrina
Antrobus on groundbreaking film director Ava DuVernay.
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Documentary from Corrina Antrobus on groundbreaking film director Ava DuVernay.
14 mins
Available for 8 months
Black History Month: 1. Jordan Peele
Documentary from Ellen E Jones
on the zeitgeist-capturing film director Jordan Peele.
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Documentary from Ellen E Jones on the zeitgeist-capturing film director Jordan Peele.
14 mins
Available for 8 months
Shorts: 49. Pubs On Film
Raise a glass to the boozer, a familiar fixture in film that
reflects British life.
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Raise a glass to the boozer, a familiar fixture in film that reflects British life.
4 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 48. Cinema Jerks
Leslie Byron Pitt salutes the smug, self-serving supporting
characters we love to hate.
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Leslie Byron Pitt salutes the smug, self-serving supporting characters we love to hate.
5 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 47. The Dragon Lady
Zing Tsjeng examines a
Hollywood stereotype of Asian women: the cold, crafty Dragon Lady.
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Zing Tsjeng examines a Hollywood stereotype of Asian women: the cold, crafty Dragon Lady.
7 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 46. The Rashomon Effect
Jessica Kiang deciphers a
storytelling technique that's kept viewers guessing since 1950.
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Jessica Kiang deciphers a storytelling technique that's kept viewers guessing since 1950.
6 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 45. Lynchian Nightmares
Mike Muncer explores the dark,
uncanny world of filmmaker David Lynch.
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Mike Muncer explores the dark, uncanny world of filmmaker David Lynch.
8 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 44. Inside Cinemas
Catherine Bray takes a look at
the most dramatic place to set a scene in film: the cinema.
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Catherine Bray takes a look at the most dramatic place to set a scene in film: the cinema.
8 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 43. Beauty Queen Dreams
Beth Webb explores how movies
can subvert the patriarchal concept of the beauty pageant.
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Beth Webb explores how movies can subvert the patriarchal concept of the beauty pageant.
6 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 42. Summer Holidays
In the movies, a dream holiday
can mean anything from a makeover to a murder spree...
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In the movies, a dream holiday can mean anything from a makeover to a murder spree...
5 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 41. Classic Lit To Teen Hit
Rhianna Dhillon argues that
teen movies are perfect for adaptations of classic literature.
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Rhianna Dhillon argues that teen movies are perfect for adaptations of classic literature.
8 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 40. Pop Docs
Simran Hans turns the camera on the all-access pop-star
documentary.
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Simran Hans turns the camera on the all-access pop-star documentary.
7 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 39. The Dolly Zoom
Tim Robey zooms in on a camera
technique that has left heads spinning for over 60 years.
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Tim Robey zooms in on a camera technique that has left heads spinning for over 60 years.
7 mins
Available for 5 months
Shorts: 38. Lust, Camera, Action!
How does cinema treat women's
lust? Christina Newland takes a close look.
...
How does cinema treat women's lust? Christina Newland takes a close look.
6 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 37. Bands in Films
One, two, three, four!
Elizabeth Sankey sings the praises of cinema's best bands.
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One, two, three, four! Elizabeth Sankey sings the praises of cinema's best bands.
8 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 36. Studio Ghibli Magic
Michael Leader explores how
Japanese animators Studio Ghibli find magic in the everyday.
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Michael Leader explores how Japanese animators Studio Ghibli find magic in the everyday.
5 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 35. Film Flirtations
The most romantically-charged
moments in films are often those before the kissing starts.
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The most romantically-charged moments in films are often those before the kissing starts.
8 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 34. Licence to Spoof
Spoofs, Bond spoofs. We take
aim at the subgenre of spies that have parodied 007.
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Spoofs, Bond spoofs. We take aim at the subgenre of spies that have parodied 007.
7 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 33. Fast and Furious Families
They say you can’t choose
family, but the Fast and Furious franchise begs to differ...
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They say you can’t choose family, but the Fast and Furious franchise begs to differ...
4 mins
Available for over a year
Series 1: Meet the Family
Film families, from Aliens to
Ratcatcher to Serial Mom, in all their dysfunctional glory.
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Film families, from Aliens to Ratcatcher to Serial Mom, in all their dysfunctional glory.
59 mins
Available for 26 days
Shorts: 32. Movie Buddies
Inside Cinema salutes cinema’s
iconic duos and explores what makes a film friendship.
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Inside Cinema salutes cinema’s iconic duos and explores what makes a film friendship.
6 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 31. Dancing Teens
Get into the groove with
Inside Cinema's look at iconic dance scenes in '80s teen movies.
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Get into the groove with Inside Cinema's look at iconic dance scenes in '80s teen movies.
5 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 30. Who Killed the Erotic Thriller?
The '90s saw A-list casts
baring all in tales of high-concept intrigue... they vanished.
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The '90s saw A-list casts baring all in tales of high-concept intrigue... they vanished.
8 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 29. Cosmetic Cinema
What is both concealed and
revealed when characters in films apply make-up?
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What is both concealed and revealed when characters in films apply make-up?
5 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 28. Perfect Storms
Bring a brolly, as Inside
Cinema explores how films simply don't do light drizzle.
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Bring a brolly, as Inside Cinema explores how films simply don't do light drizzle.
4 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 27. Locomotion Pictures
All aboard! Go trainspotting
with Inside Cinema for an in-depth survey of trains on film.
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All aboard! Go trainspotting with Inside Cinema for an in-depth survey of trains on film.
6 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 26. Millennials on Film
Grab your avocado toast as we
look at a misunderstood generation’s life on film.
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Grab your avocado toast as we look at a misunderstood generation’s life on film.
7 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 25. Unmerry Christmas
How - and why - the best
Christmas movies are far from heart-warming.
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How - and why - the best Christmas movies are far from heart-warming.
5 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 24. Cats Entertainment
The perfect companion to our
purr-fect companions: a history of felines on film.
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The perfect companion to our purr-fect companions: a history of felines on film.
4 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 23. Star Wardrobes
Inside Cinema rifles through
the robes, capes and costumes of a galaxy far, far away.
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Inside Cinema rifles through the robes, capes and costumes of a galaxy far, far away.
5 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 22. Taboo Breaking Bollywood
Nikki Bedi and Inside Cinema
tour the cutting-edge of socially-conscious Indian cinema.
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Nikki Bedi and Inside Cinema tour the cutting-edge of socially-conscious Indian cinema.
6 mins
Available for over a year
Shorts: 21. Bumbling Detectives
Inside Cinema trains its
magnifying glass on a pratfalling archetype of crime fiction.
...
Inside Cinema trains its magnifying glass on a pratfalling archetype of crime fiction.
5 mins
Available for over a year
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