Present Day Upminster

Located in the heart of Upminster, the Church of St Laurence is carefully documented by a local filmmaker.

From the Upminster Windmill to the Tithe Barn, John Wynstanly takes us on a tour of Upminster’s historic buildings.

Good footage of cricketers – including England’s Andy Ducat – batting and bowling in an indoor net session, before passing on tips to schoolboys.

Director Gerard Johnson talks Nia Child through the making of Muscle, an adrenalized drama that tears into the stereotypes of masculinity and male friendship.

Vicky Knight sits down with Rowan Woods for an extended discussion on the making of the film Silver Haze. *Contains Spoilers*

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

Plotting world domination, Devil Doctor Fu-Manchu steals plans for a new aero-torpedo in this earliest surviving thrill-a-minute serial instalment.

Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.

Long thought lost, this Powell-directed promotional short for a veteran’s charity was only rediscovered in 2003.