Toronto Film Festival The start of September used to signal the start of school. That’s now been replaced with the new season of the Film Society. After the long break and a slew of blockbusters it’s that time of year where the more interesting and meatier films start to appear, in the long run up … Read more
Eyes on Screen, a film review website founded by students at the University of Lincoln, have kindly offered to support Lincoln Film Society by posting reviews of some of the titles being screened in our season. The site specialises in reviewing a range of films – blockbusters and independents as well as the latest TV … Read more
“What makes a movie a movie?” asks author and critic Nick Pinkerton in the latest issue of Sight and Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine. Pinkerton’s question came up in an in-depth article examining of the changing state of film-going in this country. The type of platform, the size of the screen, apps like Periscope, … Read more
Since June 24th, I’ve been pondering the Referendum result and its implications for film and film societies. The future looks depressing. Film societies work in different ways but they all serve the same purpose, namely to bring their members the widest possible range of films, especially those not on the mainstream circuit. These come from … Read more