Rachel Stubbings
Shooting the Breeze, the film night hosted by Rachel Stubbings, returns to Kino Bermondsey on Thursday 22nd February. For those not in the know, Shooting the Breeze is an hour of cinematic joy, putting new short films from brilliant talent (lovingly curated by Rachel Stubbings) up on the silver
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February 5, 2018 // 0 Comments
This Thursday sees Film 4 give movie lovers another chance to see not one, not two, but three recent TVO related smashes in a row. Alice Lowe‘s Prevenge – in which a pregnant mother-to-be begins revenge-killing those responsible for the death of her partner, seemingly at the behest
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December 13, 2017 // 0 Comments
Rachel Stubbings hosted film night Shooting the Breeze is back this month, and with a smattering of TVO related exclusives too. To the uninitiated, Shooting the Breeze is an hour of cinematic joy, putting beautiful short pieces up on the silver screen where they belong: and all lovingly hosted
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September 13, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Ghoul is in UK cinemas and available on-demand now, and to celebrate, The Velvet Onion is offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to a very special screening and Q&A event tomorrow night in London! Gareth Tunley‘s debut film, starring Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Dan
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August 9, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Ghoul – the incredible directorial debut of Gareth Tunley starring Tom Meeten and a cavalcade of TVO regulars – is now available to pre-order on DVD and Blu-Ray. The film, which saw limited screenings last year and earlier in 2017, is due to hit cinemas on 4th August. It tells
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August 1, 2017 // 0 Comments
Today marks five years since The Velvet Onion Live, and as luck would have it, we recently managed to salvage some footage previously thought lost forever from the star-studded one-off live event. On 31st May 2012, we packed 21 Velvet Onion regulars, and the disembodied voice of one other, into
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May 31, 2017 // 1 Comment
Rachel Stubbings regular film night Shooting the Breeze returns on Thursday 25th May, with short films from the likes of Lou Sanders and Richard Herring on the bill. For the uninitiated, the event at Shortwave Cinema packs a cavalcade of mini-cinematic masterpieces curated by Stubbings into
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May 23, 2017 // 0 Comments
Rebecca Front and her brother, the writer and comedian Jeremy Front, have created a new radio comedy pilot which airs on BBC Radio 4 this week. The pair, who were previously responsible for the series Incredible Women and Rebecca’s 2014 book Loose Connections, star in Jack & Millie,
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February 22, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Ghoul and Trespass Against Us are to screen across the UK as part of the BIFI Independents season. For the uninitiated The Ghoul is the directorial debut by Gareth Tunley and stars a bevy of TVO regulars including Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Dan Skinner, Geoffrey McGivern and Rufus
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January 17, 2017 // 0 Comments
Rachel Stubbing‘s popular film night, Shooting The Breeze, returns to Shortwave Cinema in January. It all taking place on 26th January from 7pm. Expect an hour of mini cinematic masterpeices lovingly selected by Stubbings. Although details about the films are a tad light at the moment,
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November 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
Richard Sandling and Bob Pipe have collaborated on a comedy short which features Rachel Stubbings – and you can see it for free next week! Richard and Bob have created the film with Izzie Jones, and it stars Mr Sandling alongside Ms Stubbings. On Wednesday November 16th they will be
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November 12, 2016 // 0 Comments
Mancunians are in for a real treat this month: as Prevenge and The Ghoul are set for preview screenings at HOME. For the uninitiated (warning: you may be on the wrong website) – Prevenge is written by, directed by and stars Alice Lowe alongside Kate Dickie, Mike Wozniak and fellow TVO
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October 12, 2016 // 0 Comments
Rachel Stubbings has joined forces with Game of Thrones and Harry Potter actress Natalia Tena to appear in a new comedy short The Slooze. The short is part of the One Two series of short comedies written by musician Nat Jenkins, with each film featuring different performers in different
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September 26, 2016 // 0 Comments
If, like us, you were glued to the box last Christmas, you may remember Walliams & Friend. The sketch show, which was generally well-received at the time, featured Walliams with Joanna Lumley – and a few TVO faces (which is why we’re excited about it). Now the one-off show is being
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September 1, 2016 // 0 Comments
As our regular readers will be aware, we’ve been getting properly excited about The Ghoul for some time. Now our excitement levels have reached a new level: the writer/director of the film, Gareth Tunley, has been kind enough to answer a few questions for us. Written and directed by Gareth,
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July 8, 2016 // 0 Comments
This week, we were lucky enough to attend a preview screening of Gareth Tunley’s debut feature film, The Ghoul. Mog made a few notes… Starring Tom Meeten, and with a cast that includes Alice Lowe, Dan Skinner, Rufus Jones, Paul Kaye, Waen Shepherd (who also scores the film – but
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May 27, 2016 // 0 Comments
A wee while ago we sat down for a couple of pints in the delightful company of Tom Meeten, to chat about (what was then) his forthcoming UK tour with Noel Fielding. He also talked to us about his latest film project, The Ghoul. Boasting a quality cast and crew that reads like a who’s who
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April 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
A series of short films from this week’s LOCO London Comedy Festival are currently available to view on their website. The festival, which screened a wide range of comic films, short and long, has put a large batch of the former up for public viewing on their website, and a smattering of
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April 23, 2016 // 0 Comments
Last week, we told you all about short film One Tw*t from Rachel Stubbings and director Ben Mallaby. The short, featuring Tom Meeten and Mike Wozniak, followed hot on the heels of another short from Mallaby called Mosquito – which again featured Stubbings alongside Alice Lowe and
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April 18, 2016 // 0 Comments
A new short starring Rachel Stubbings and Tom Meeten is available to view now.
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April 10, 2016 // 0 Comments
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