Julien’s temple of doom

I had the rare privilege of spending some time last week with film director Julien Temple before, during and just after hosting a Q&A with him for Purbeck Film Festival at the atmospheric Rex cinema in Wareham. He was amiably polite chatting in the bar before, animated and engaging in conversation on stage and just Read More…

Rex features anew

It is twenty years since British cinema celebrated its centenary and for all the advances of those first hundred years, the rate of change since has been no less marked. Celluloid film prints have all but disappearedw to be replaced by the Digital Cinema Package, a hard drive containing all the necessary files to show Read More…

Rex, camera, Durlston! – Purbeck Film Festival

Now in its 17th year, Purbeck Film Festival confidently lays claim to being Britain’s longest running rural film festival. It’s also one of the largest with more than 30 venues showing around 70 films to some 4,000 people during its two-week run last year. The Purbeck Shorts competition attracted more than 70 short films, while Read More…