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Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)‘Blue Velvet’ is David Lynch’s unsettling, mesmerising dissection of suburban morality an...
04/01/2026

Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)

‘Blue Velvet’ is David Lynch’s unsettling, mesmerising dissection of suburban morality and the rot that festers beneath white-picket-fence respectability. There’s something here of the off-kilter take on the detective genre in Robert Altman’s ‘The Long Goodbye’, but filtered through Lynch’s singular, nightmarish imagination. The opening image is key: hyper-stylised red roses, impossibly white fences, and an artificially blue sky – a postcard version of America – before the camera plunges underground to reveal insects writhing beneath the lawn....

‘Blue Velvet’ is David Lynch’s unsettling, mesmerising dissection of suburban morality and the rot that festers beneath white-picket-fence respectability. There’s something here of the off-kilter t…

Kent Film Club: Meghan ShawIn this episode of Kent Film Club, first broadcast on 25 December 2025, I was joined by KMTV ...
04/01/2026

Kent Film Club: Meghan Shaw

In this episode of Kent Film Club, first broadcast on 25 December 2025, I was joined by KMTV journalist Meghan Shaw to find out her favourite films. Meghan has picked Paddington, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Amelie, and The Hours. Click here to watch the episode: Kent Film Club - Meghan Shaw (Thursday 25th December 2025) About the show…...

In this episode of Kent Film Club, first broadcast on 25 December 2025, I was joined by KMTV journalist Meghan Shaw to find out her favourite films. Meghan has picked Paddington, The Grand Budapest…

The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)When ‘The Straight Story’ was released in 1999, there was a sense of surprise, eve...
03/01/2026

The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)

When ‘The Straight Story’ was released in 1999, there was a sense of surprise, even disbelief, that this was a film directed by David Lynch. It seemed so ordinary, so gentle, that it felt almost radical by contrast. But in many ways, it fits perfectly with Lynch’s long-standing fascination with small-town America and what lies beneath the white-picket-fence surface. This is a true story about Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old man who travels hundreds of miles across several states on a lawn tractor to reconcile with his estranged brother....

When ‘The Straight Story’ was released in 1999, there was a sense of surprise, even disbelief, that this was a film directed by David Lynch. It seemed so ordinary, so gentle, that it felt almost ra…

Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)‘Midnight Run’ is a terrific road movie built around one of cinema’s great mismatched p...
03/01/2026

Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)

‘Midnight Run’ is a terrific road movie built around one of cinema’s great mismatched pairings. Robert De Niro, playing a gruff, rule-bending bounty hunter, is teamed with Charles Grodin’s endlessly talkative, sardonic mob accountant – a completely unexpected foil. What should be a routine job, escorting a witness from New York to Los Angeles, turns into a chaotic cross-country odyssey....

‘Midnight Run’ is a terrific road movie built around one of cinema’s great mismatched pairings. Robert De Niro, playing a gruff, rule-bending bounty hunter, is teamed with Charles Grodin’s endlessl…

Song Sung Blue (Craig Brewer, 2025)‘Song Sung Blue’ is a real crowd-pleaser, even if some of its beats are a little pred...
02/01/2026

Song Sung Blue (Craig Brewer, 2025)

‘Song Sung Blue’ is a real crowd-pleaser, even if some of its beats are a little predictable. It has that familiar awards-season feel – a film about people living with physical and mental impairment, whose lives swing constantly between triumph and adversity. It’s based on a true story, and very much wears its heart on its sleeve. The film follows a couple who make their living in the 1990s as Neil Diamond tribute performers....

‘Song Sung Blue’ is a real crowd-pleaser, even if some of its beats are a little predictable. It has that familiar awards-season feel – a film about people living with physical and mental impairmen…

Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier, 2025)‘Sentimental Value’ is a quietly tender family drama about two sisters living wit...
01/01/2026

Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier, 2025)

‘Sentimental Value’ is a quietly tender family drama about two sisters living with unresolved trauma after their parents’ separation many years earlier, and a father who remains emotionally distant but curiously insistent on reconnecting through his work. He’s a celebrated film director whose reputation for sensitive, psychologically astute cinema stands in sharp contrast to the fractured relationships in his own life....

‘Sentimental Value’ is a quietly tender family drama about two sisters living with unresolved trauma after their parents’ separation many years earlier, and a father who remains emotionally distant…

Cabin FM Monday 29 December 2025Highlights from Cabin FM’s Drive on 29 December 2025 featuring a look back at this day i...
30/12/2025

Cabin FM Monday 29 December 2025

Highlights from Cabin FM’s Drive on 29 December 2025 featuring a look back at this day in history, travel updates, community news, and music from across the decades including the songs that were no. 1 on the UK Singles Chart on this day in 1960, 1963, 1975, 1977, 1982 and 1986.

Highlights from Cabin FM’s Drive on 29 December 2025 featuring a look back at this day in history, travel updates, community news, and music from across the decades including the songs that were no…

Cabin at the Movies Saturday 27 December 2025This is my end-of-year edition of Cabin at the Movies, reflecting on a rema...
28/12/2025

Cabin at the Movies Saturday 27 December 2025

This is my end-of-year edition of Cabin at the Movies, reflecting on a remarkable - and emotional - year in cinema. I look back at the major film news of 2025, including the passing of screen legends Gene Hackman, Diane Keaton, and Robert Redford - three performers whose work helped define generations of movie-going. I am also also joined by Georgie Girl for a heartfelt look back at the films of Rob Reiner, exploring why his movies have had such a lasting emotional impact - from When Harry Met Sally… to Stand by Me and, of course, The Princess Bride — a film so beloved it even inspired Georgie’s Princess Bride–themed wedding. It’s a celebration of cinema, memory, and the movies that stay with us for life.

This is my end-of-year edition of Cabin at the Movies, reflecting on a remarkable – and emotional – year in cinema. I look back at the major film news of 2025, including the passing of …

Anaconda (Tom Gormican, 2025)‘Anaconda’ turned out to be a perfect Boxing Day watch: completely ridiculous, oddly charmi...
27/12/2025

Anaconda (Tom Gormican, 2025)

‘Anaconda’ turned out to be a perfect Boxing Day watch: completely ridiculous, oddly charming, and very aware of its own silliness. The premise centres on a group of middle-aged men who once dreamed of making movies. Life got in the way, careers didn’t quite pan out, and now they realise they can’t let go of those youthful ambitions. So they travel from Buffalo to the jungle to shoot a shoestring reboot of the gloriously daft 1997 creature feature ‘Anaconda’....

‘Anaconda’ turned out to be a perfect Boxing Day watch: completely ridiculous, oddly charming, and very aware of its own silliness. The premise centres on a group of middle-aged men who once dreame…

The Housemaid (Paul Feig, 2025)The Housemaid is a glossy, pulpy thriller that deliberately harks back to the great paran...
24/12/2025

The Housemaid (Paul Feig, 2025)

The Housemaid is a glossy, pulpy thriller that deliberately harks back to the great paranoid domestic dramas of the 1990s — films like Single White Female, Pacific Heights, and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. It’s knowingly retro in that sense, and it largely works because it understands the pleasures of misdirection. The film opens deceptively simply. Millie, played by Sydney Sweeney, arrives at a vast Long Island mansion for an interview as a housekeeper....

The Housemaid is a glossy, pulpy thriller that deliberately harks back to the great paranoid domestic dramas of the 1990s — films like Single White Female, Pacific Heights, and The Hand That Rocks …

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Ron Howard, 2000)‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ feels like a role Jim Carrey was born ...
24/12/2025

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Ron Howard, 2000)

‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ feels like a role Jim Carrey was born to play – arriving six years after ‘The Mask’, it gives him free rein to become a live-action cartoon. Based on Dr. Seuss’s 1957 book, the film blends ‘A Christmas Carol’ with something closer to ‘Edward Scissorhands’: a misanthropic outcast perched high above society, wounded by childhood rejection and lashing out at a world he feels has humiliated him....

‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ feels like a role Jim Carrey was born to play – arriving six years after ‘The Mask’, it gives him free rein to become a live-action cartoon. Based on Dr. Seuss’s 19…

The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, 2004)‘The Polar Express’ is a film that still feels faintly shocking, even two decad...
24/12/2025

The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, 2004)

‘The Polar Express’ is a film that still feels faintly shocking, even two decades after its release. When I first saw it in 2004, the motion-capture animation already seemed to be arriving from the future. Today, when AI can generate eerily convincing human faces, it’s clear just how far ahead of its time Robert Zemeckis was. Technologically, it remains extraordinary....

‘The Polar Express’ is a film that still feels faintly shocking, even two decades after its release. When I first saw it in 2004, the motion-capture animation already seemed to be arriving from the…

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