And Then Come The Nightjars – Bea Roberts

Establishing shot: dusk over bleak countryside; in the distance, occasional headlights suggest a tentative road link to civilization—where are we? Why so remote? In fact, we are on a farm on the edge of Dartmoor, and the irascible Michael (David Fielder) is emptying a can of disinfectant over a pile of straw, then scrubbing the farm gate.

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 15th September 2023

Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.

New Research Reveals The Most Popular Star Wars Films

A New Hope (1977) is officially the most popular Star Wars film, with new research giving the first instalment a popularity index score of 91/100; The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), and Revenge of the Sith (2005) round out the top six most beloved films;The study ranked each film based on worldwide box office totals (considering inflation) and ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, Letterboxd, and Meta Critic.

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 8th September 2023

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Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 25th August 2023

Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 18th August 2023

Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.

East Coast Open II

When I was told that 25% of the paintings on display in the Scarborough Art Gallery’s East Coast Open had sold, I was astonished. I don’t know why, since I had nothing to compare it with. Is that a percentage that could normally be expected? Did exhibitions elsewhere have similar success rates? Was there something exceptional about this set of paintings or art works?

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 11th August 2023

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Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 4th August 2023

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The Draughtsman’s Contract

Is it really forty years since I first saw Peter Greenaway’s The Draughtsman’s Contract? I had little understanding of it then; would it be any clearer now? After a recent viewing, I felt that few other art-house films have remained as fresh or stimulating. Always visually stunning and with a banging score by Michael Nyman, this comedy-drama has remained a cinematic tour de force.

From Rags To Riches - The Rug-maker’s Art

Louisa Creed, one of the finest exponents of the art of rag-rug hooking, talks to Andrew Liddle about her work and her recent book. There is a soulful enigma in the eyes of the Hunting Cat. They are watchful, fearless yet wary, bright enough to illumine the feline face in the darkest night. It’s hard to believe that such a powerful image could be made from old rags and tatters.

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 28th July 2023

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Breakfasting With Beverley On The Scarborough Sunrise

Andrew Liddle joins a popular local photographer for an early morning shoot

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 21st July 2023

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Goodbye The Moulders Arms : Ian Beesley - Life, A Retrospective

Ian Beesley has been well served by decline. As a documenter of lives and times in transition, this photographer of fifty years standing was fortunate, or possibly unfortunate, to be present at moments of irrevocable change.

Film: Evil Dead Rise

The Evil Dead series is certainly one of horror’s most deranged yet consistent franchises, with even the weaker instalments across film, TV and comics, being a riotously violent but outrageously fun time.

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 7th July 2023

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Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 30th June 2023

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Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 16th June 2023

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East Coast Open Matt Wade – Judith and Holofernes

How do we extract beauty from the shocking? Matt Wade’s controversial painting comes with a health warning. As you enter the room where it is hung, a sign warns that there is a painting in the room that may cause offence. But why? The painting depicts a well known, Old Testament, story, versions of which have featured in the catalogues of Old Masters such as Caravaggio and Donatello.

Silver Screen Weekly What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Wednesday 14th June

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Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Wednesday 14 June 2023

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East Coast Open Melville Whittaker

For obvious reasons, Scarborough Art Gallery has not held an East Coast Open since 2019. However, the current exhibition has attracted over one hundred artists. The works submitted include textiles, painting, prints, mixed media and photography. While this is not a competition, there will be a public vote to identify the most popular work. This is a profile of just one of the artists.

East Coast Open Dorothea Newman - Spread Your Wings

For obvious reasons, Scarborough Art Gallery has not held an East Coast Open since 2019. However, the current exhibition has attracted over one hundred artists. The works submitted include textiles, painting, prints, mixed media and photography. While this is not a competition, there will be a public vote to identify the most popular work. This is a profile of just one of the artists.

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 2 June 2023

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York Textile Artist Is Perfectly Suited To Sunny Bank Mills

York-based textile artist Ealish Wilson is currently exhibiting her work at the Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley, near Leeds. Ealish is a member of the renowned textile artist collective, the 62 Group, whose new exhibition Tailored runs at Sunny Bank Mills until July 2.

Film: The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

That The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’s counter-intuitive odyssey has attracted critical opprobrium on grounds of testing the audience’s credulity seems slight and myopic.

Lynne Arnison – Uphill Struggle

For obvious reasons, Scarborough Art Gallery has not held an East Coast Open since 2019. However, the current exhibition has attracted over one hundred artists. The works submitted include textiles, painting, prints, mixed media and photography. While this is not a competition, there will be a public vote to identify the most popular work. This is a profile of just one of the artists.

Swaledale Festival 27 May - 10 June 2023

Over the next fortnight 50+ music, arts and walking events will ripple across Swaledale, Wensleydale and Arkengarthdale. Coming up in week one: a classical 'collective', rousing brass, top-notch puppetry, free astronomy, poetry walks, music inspired by climate change, a world-class cellist, meltingly beautiful jazz and a 23-stringed harped guitar... Under 25s tickets are available to nearly all events for just £3!

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 26 May 2023

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