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Bait: ambiguous and ambivalent

14th September 2020 by Sarah

Spoilers ahoy – so not that ambiguous – but you may want to come back after you’ve watched it… (My review is here.) As a title, Bait works in several ways: fishing bait, as a metaphor to entice, and bait meaning to provoke. Martin the fisherman deliberately goads the incomers, while they as a group… Bait: ambiguous and ambivalent Read More

Filed Under: Re-caps (spoiler warning!) Tagged With: bait, black and white, Cornwall, Fishing

BFI At Home: The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers in conversation with Mark Jenkin, director of Bait

5th June 2020 by Sarah

Put it in your diaries – 19:00 BST, Thursday 11 June on BFI YouTube! To celebrate the digital release of The Lighthouse, director Robert Eggers is joined by the BAFTA-winning director of Bait, Mark Jenkin – to discuss their influences, comparative working practises and creating magic with black and white celluloid. The Lighthouse is available to rent… BFI At Home: The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers in conversation with Mark Jenkin, director of Bait Read More

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: AAA, bait, bfi, bfs at home, mark jenkin, robert eggers, the lighthouse

Director Mark Jenkin on Bait, his black and white Cornish classic-in-the-making

30th August 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“There are shots in the film that I know were taken from rolls of film that I must have been processing when I was wearing a woolly jumper, because I can see the little bits of fibres.” Mark Jenkin on his film-making process. Bait, Jenkin’s beautiful and jolting film, looks at the gentrification of a… Director Mark Jenkin on Bait, his black and white Cornish classic-in-the-making Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: bait, Cornwall, mark jenkin

The “Bait” trailer is here, and I will be carping on about it all summer

17th June 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Okay that’s the only fish pun as I used them up in my review of Fisherman’s Friends. I saw Bait last week and I can confirm it is just as extraordinary (in a good way) as the quotes on the trailer say it is. There’s a magic to writer-director Mark Jenkin’s stunning film, combined with grittiness,… The “Bait” trailer is here, and I will be carping on about it all summer Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: bait, Cornwall, edward rowe, Fishing, mark jenkin

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Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, John Wick lover and Gerard Butler apologist. Still waiting for Mike Banning vs John Wick: Requiem

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Reviews

Follow The Dead 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Plane 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Netflix and chill: the film club discusses The Pale Blue Eye 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

See How They Run 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Maneater 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

The Reef: Stalked 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Persuasion 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

GATLOPP: Hell Of A Game 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Jurassic World: Dominion 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Top Gun: Maverick 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Senior Year 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

H20h no! The Film Club watches Black Water: Abyss 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Operation Mincemeat 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Reed’s Point 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Let The Wrong One In 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Death On The Nile 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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