Poetic Realism: French Cinema in the 1930s Still from L'Atalante

With BFI re-releasing the 1930s classic L’Atalante, the only full length feature from French film-maker Jean Vigo, Microwave look at the Poetic Realist movement and five of the more prominent films to come out of 1930’s France

From Gallery to Cinema Michael Fassbender in Shame

Microwave takes a look at the fine art background as a springboard to feature film-making – or indeed, how film-making can often be a natural continuation of artist practice – in a commercial environment that grows increasingly receptive to artist’s film.

2011, A Year in Film The Kings Speech International Trailer

Following yet another successful British Independent Film Awards on Sunday, and as 2011 comes to an end, Microwave looks back on another successful year for British Independent Film.

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