Search Results for: film

  • Theatreland
    Hot Picks This Week
    Posted in: Unused

    The once in a lifetime supermoon today is hopefully a sign of a super week for you! If you’re not one to believe in such things then why not check out the surefire signs of our hot picks of London events below. Theatre: Red Candle – Mermaids of the East. This Japanese play not only […]

  • A Short Story On Big Screen
    Posted in: Books, Highlights, Movies & TV Shows

    You may have noticed Hollywood sci- fi film Arrival has been gaining considerable press weeks before its global release. Along with its original take on alien contact it’s also been garnering attention from the bookish crowd as well as cinema lovers because it started out as a short story (not even a novel!) by respected […]

  • train-to-busan
    Flick Pick This Halloween : Train To Busan
    Posted in: Highlights, Movies & TV Shows

    One of the most common criticisms of horror films is they have all the gory detail and special effects down to a tee but little novelty or meaningful plot development. At first glance, South Korean horror movie Train to Busan is, when all is said and done, another zombie flick. But from the off you […]

  • welsh-poet-dylan-thomas
    Oct 27: Birthdate of Dylan Thomas, the Welsh Poet in London
    Posted in: Highlights, People

     “Swansea’s bohemians in exile were going to ring the bells of London and paint it like a tart”. This quote was attributed to Dylan Thomas after getting his first permanent London flat with a pal. And he remained true to his word. Although born in Swansea, Wales he first visited London in 1933 and would […]

  • beyond-caravaggio
    Beyond Caravaggio (Exhibition)
    Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions

    Caravaggio’s technique of using intense contrasts of deepest shadows against whites with moon-like colour came to be known as chiaroscuro. The overall effect is to charge the piece with drama and also create a sense of compositional volume. It was imitated not only by 17th-century artists such as Valentin de Boulogne and Jusepe de Ribera […]

  • HOT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL LONDON
    Hot Shorts Free Entry Contest
    Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, Promotions

    Here is a selection of promotional photos from some of the films being screened at the Hot Shorts Film Festival London 2016 on Saturday October 8th, Roxy Bar & Screen, London. Match the titles (alphabets) to the photos (numbers) for a chance to win free entry and join directors and guests on the red carpet. […]

  • Antony Gormley FIT
    Antony Gormley: FIT (Exhibition)
    Posted in: Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions

    From Antony Gormley’s 1998 Angel of the North sculpture, perched on a Gateshead hill and commenting on North East social and post-industrial transition, to his current exhibition at The White Cube, Bermondsey doing much of the same about London, but in a totally different way (although The Angel of the North’s baby brother makes a […]

  • Theatre Opportunities for Newbies
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Highlights

    Trying to bag tickets to watch Merchant of Venice at the Globe theatre in the summer sun and it’s all sold out? Don’t worry, why not go one step beyond and write your own stage classic and sell out your local community hall in the sun! Not appealing enough? Too much hard work? Well even […]

  • Short films to Feature films
    Short to Fame
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights, Movies & TV Shows, Promotions

    The countdown begins to What’s Hot London?’s own Hot Shorts Film Festival 2016 in October which promises to bring you the best of UK and international films by emerging directors. For these film-makers it is the culmination of much pain-staking pre-production, long hours on-set and putting full trust in the final edit. They eventually serve […]