A review of the film Juno.

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Twenty questions to help us think more carefully about films - or to use in film discussion evenings.

A review of the Oscar winning film 'Gravity' considers the themes of isolation, death, sacrifice and rebirth.

Some guidelines on how to run a film discussion evening and how to choose a suitable film.

An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…

When newspaper columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) meets homeless, schizophrenic Juilliard-dropout Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Jr. (Jamie…