The first full show of 2016 is an all review affair. We look at widescreen westerns The Revenant and The Hateful Eight, take in the American dream with Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, find our will to survive with Brie Larson in Room, and explore sexual identity with The Danish Girl. Toby Miller is the oldest gunslinger in town (he only wants to settle … [Read more...]

Bums on Seats reveals its top 12 films of 2015. Compiled by staff at the Arts Picturehouse, St Ives and Saffron Screen Community cinemas, participants of the monthly Picturehouse Movie Quiz, as well as Bums On Seats reviewers past and present, the top 12 draws from the multi million mainstream releases to the smallest art films. Toby Miller chairs. … [Read more...]

The last Bums On Seats of 2015 mixes the high anticipated with the small and under appreciated, as we look at not only Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but also the dramas Tangerine (shot on iPhones) and The Forbidden Room (shot on public sound stages). We'll also review Sisters, the comedy from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Toby Miller is show host, … [Read more...]

A busy show, as we look at the films falling into the lull between Spectre and Star Wars, with reviews of The Lady In The Van, Steve Jobs, The Dressmaker and the fourth Hunger Games film, Mockingjay part 2. Plus there's an item on the documentary Starmen, which premiered at the Cambridge Film Festival and goes on general release this week. Toby … [Read more...]

This week's show catches up with two British box office behemoths, with reviews of both Spectre and Suffragette. We also look at brand new releases Burnt (a chef drama with Bradley Cooper) and Brooklyn (a sweeping romance with Saoirse Ronan). Plus there's an interview on film marketing with representatives of Peccadillo Pictures and New Wave Films. … [Read more...]

Today's show discusses new movies The Lobster, Crimson Peak, Pan and Beasts No Nation (our first review of a Netflix only release). Plus we talk to the BFI's Bryony Dixon about 'Make More Noise', the new collection that shows how silent cinema documented the Suffragette movement. Edd Elliot is host, joined by regular reviewers Emma Marchant, Mark … [Read more...]

Today's show reviews new releases Macbeth, The Martian and Sicario. Plus we'll continue our preview of the upcoming Cambridge African Film Festival with not one, but two pieces: an interview with Sara Blecher, director of new South African drama Ayanda and the Mechanic, and Mike Thomas of the University of London, who discusses the exciting … [Read more...]