When was the last time you felt any kind of collective pride in being ‘British’? For me, it was only 7 years ago, but it feels like a lifetime. It’s certainly arguable, but I feel that the last time the United Kingdom felt any kind of national pride — any…

This month the Filmhouse in Edinburgh are presenting a season celebrating the work of British director Antonia Bird. The season includes a rare screening of the 1993 film Safe, starring (amongst others) Robert Carlyle as a homeless Scot trying to eke out an existence on the streets of London. For…

Reporting on Andrea Arnold’s talk at the Tribeca Film Festival, a recent Guardian article chose to focus on the director’s comments on her 2011 adaptation of Wuthering Heights. She described the film as ‘hard to look at’, as the production took place when she was ‘in a dark place’. The…