Wolfwalkers: Oscar-nominated animators' new 17th century feature

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at Wolfwalkers, an animated feature from the makers of Oscar-nominated film Song of the Sea (2014).

The film's set in Ireland during Cromwell's attempt to subdue the population through the killing of wolves ...

Q&A: Launching the BCW Project (David Plant, bcw-project.org)

The BCW Project website - bcw-project.org

David Plant recently relaunched his encyclopedic British Civil Wars website (british-civil-wars.co.uk) as the enhanced and redesigned BCW Project (bcw-project.org). For over a decade David's site has been an invaluable resource for researchers of the period, and from 2005 has been included in the British Library's UK Web Archive.

I asked David about the original inspiration for the site, how his own interests have developed whilst publishing it, and what's next for the new-look BCW Project ...

New Worlds to air on April 1st (C4)

The four-part sequel to The Devil's Whore begins on Channel 4 on April 1st (trailer above), with the action this time moving to the latter part of Charles II's reign ...

A Field in England trailer

Here's the trailer for A Field in England, cult director Ben Wheatley's 'psychedelic trip into magic and madness' (previously previewed here).
The film, distributed on 5th July, will be the first ever to be released in UK nationwide cinemas, on free TV, on DVD and on video-on-demand on the same day.

The English Civil War in film and on TV

Blood Loyal (2013)

New 30 minute short film.
Blood Loyal is the story of Will Fletcher, a boy in his late teens left to live alone, after two years of civil war has torn his family apart. After sighting his brother, Sam, alive in a Royalist patrol, he is captured by two Parliamentarian scouts, Thomas Mason and John Turner. Together they must travel back to the remainder of their company, who were part of a crushing defeat several days earlier, a defeat that still haunts Thomas and John.
The English Civil War on screen

Still from A Field in England

 Julian Barratt strolling through a field (click on photo for larger image). Copyright: Channel 4.

Here's the first still from A Field in England, the upcoming English Civil War film from director Ben Wheatley. His previous features include the horror Kill List and the comedy horror Sightseers. So what should we expect from this one?