Films
Director Tim Burton brings his eccentric cinematic style and quirky humour to bear on Lewis Carroll's classic fable Alice in Wonderland. Plus: Crazy Heart, Capitalism: A Love Story, Chloe, Legion, Case 39.
The 39 Steps, one of Alfred Hitchcock's early masterpieces, gets a new digital print re-release. Eco-documentary Dirty Oil has a special Q&A screening. And there will be a chat with the crew of music film 1234.
Cinemas in Norwich enjoyed a bumper year in 2009, with people flocking to see films because the recession has forced them to seek cheaper nights out. Hit movies like Slumdog Millionaire helped attract people to the cinema in their droves.
It was perhaps inevitable that Banksy, the world's most successful, yet elusive street artist, would release a film. It perhaps wasn't quite so inevitable that it would be so enjoyable.
Our weekly trailer preview has Michael Douglas back in his Oscar-winning role as one of the screen's most notorious villains, Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's belated but timely sequel of his 1980s yuppie tale.
Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, whose captivating Spirited Away captured the Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 2003, discusses his latest magical adventure Ponyo, inspired by the story of the Little Mermaid..
Maggie Grace - best known for her appearances in Taken and the TV blockbuster Lost - is usually seen on glitzy Hollywood sets, so it was something of a surprise to see her filming in Great Yarmouth.
Whether it be sketchy line drawings or complex stop-motion, the British Animation Awards feature some of the country's best upcoming animators and Norwich filmgoers are being asked to vote for the best. SIMON PARKIN reports.
Norfolk-based comedian and broadcaster Adam Buxton is preparing to Bug#3, the latest in his hugely nights at Norwich Playhouse highlighting cutting edge filmmaking and pioneering music videos. Here Adam and the Bug team pick out some recent favourites.
Barry Norman was the doyen of film critics for a quarter of a century and he remains as passionate as ever. ANDREW CLARKE spoke to him about classic movies and the art of good film criticism.
Jean Simmons, who has died aged 80, was plucked from a dance troupe at the age of 14 for her first film role and went on to become an Oscar nominated Hollywood star. In one of her last ever interviews she talks about her life and her final film, set in Norfolk.
Last year, 3D finally took off, culminating in James Cameron's box office triumph with Avatar, while Slumdog Millionaire beat the big studio movies to walk off with eight Oscars. SIMON PARKIN previews the films we'll be watching in 2010.
In the hi-tech 3D, CGI-laden world of modern movie-going, silent films seem like an anachronism, yet many of these early classics set the template for what has followed as a new season at Cinema City sets out to prove.
A gruesome horror film may not be the best advertisement for the Norfolk Broads. But to American horror fans it will seem a perfect haven for mayhem, death and destruction when a low budget movie goes on release later this month.
He has been blamed for making Norwich a laughing stock, but it has emerged that cult comedy character Alan Partridge will be turning his back on the city in a new film.