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Scramble to control precious metals

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The Elements of Power is a tale of rapacious colonialism, war for the global supply of battery metals- essential for the decarbonization of our economies- and the terrible, bloody human cost of this badly misunderstood industry and Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics. Niarchos produced an unfinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism. Congo is rich amid swaths of the war-ton African country lack basic infrastructure and after many decades of colonial occupation, its people are officially among the poorest in the world. But hidden beneath the soild are vast quantities … Continue reading Scramble to control precious metals

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Inside Trump’s White House

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A typical day in Donald Trump’s White House. He awakes at 10am having been up most of the night posting on True Social and the fact that his bedroom has two large TV screens. His bathroom, has one too, Melina sleeps in a separate bedroom, keeping better hours. The schedule for the day printed by Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles ( whom Trump has nicknamed as “the Ice Maiden”. Aides wonder in and out of the Oval Office as one meeting jumbles into another. A CEO might be on the couch next to a Republican Senator or a foreign … Continue reading Inside Trump’s White House

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34th Raindance Film Festival 2026 Award Winners

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Several outstanding films screening at the 34th Raindance Film Festival are award winners featuring in 11 categories, including a new category for this year, Best Horror Feature. As an Oscar®-qualifying festival, Raindance also celebrates short filmmaking with four prestigious awards, offering winners a pathway to Academy Award® consideration. The talent, craft, and creativity that’s been showcased over the last 10 days has made this year’s unforgettable line up. Raindance Award Winners 2026 Best International Feature: Silent Rebellion Regarded at Venice Film Festival, this WW2 drama follows a virtuous teen in 1943 Switzerland who questions her village’s morality when they turn … Continue reading 34th Raindance Film Festival 2026 Award Winners

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The 34th Raindance Film Festival

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“TOKYO NIGHTFALL“RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. VUE CINEMA LOWER REGENT STREET. FESTIVAL UNTIL 26 JUNE INCLUSIVE OF THAT DATE. Google for performance times. 79 Minutes . Nominated by Raindance for Best International Feature of this festival Due to be released across Japan on 31 July the film covers a lonely delivery rider Anemashi who is trying to come to terms with his sister’s suicide. Directed by Yuto Shimozo and with a large cast, its screening at Raindance is a World Premiere. It is a dark film with a moving and negative philosophy about life and death and gives an eery off beat … Continue reading The 34th Raindance Film Festival

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Murdoch’s broken family weaponize his own secrets against him

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Bonfire of the Murdochs is the real succession story of the Murdoch empire. When Rupert Murdoch made a fateful decision about who should inherit his media colossus, he believed that pitting his children against each other would produce the most capable heir. Twenty-five years later that gamble would tear apart one of the world’s most powerful families and trigger a multi-million dollar reckoning in a succession battle featuring betrayals, lawsuits, and revenge plots.  This is the epic family feud, one whose seeds were planted 50 years ago in Australia, when he complicated patriarch left his homeland to conquer the world and … Continue reading Murdoch’s broken family weaponize his own secrets against him

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Bikers, Strippers, boozy bars, dudes popping pills amid country music

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Why “soaps” on the silver screen appeal to us as much as sci fi and special XF. BORN TO LOSE. RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Up to and including June 26 Vue Cinema Lower Regent Street London. 112 Minutes. USA Biker drama 2026. Writers – Pierce Csurgo, Eric J Kinsey, Joseph Zentil. Director Joseph Zentil. Stars include ;- Dylan Arnold, James Le Gros, Amber Chylders, Sarah Pigeon. If you like stories with bikers, strippers, boozy bars, dudes popping pills and lots of country music then you’re in for a treat with this saga. Crime is included and the perhaps familiar theme of a gangster style … Continue reading Bikers, Strippers, boozy bars, dudes popping pills amid country music

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Raindance Film Festival London 2026, 16-26 June

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Whiskey Dixie? You may feel like a dram or two as you watch this bar drama unfold! Oh Yes! “WHISKEY DIXIE AND THE BIG WET COUNTRY.” RAINDANCE 34TH FILM FESTIVAL VUE CINEMA LOWER REGENT STREET LONDON. UP TO AND INCLUDING FRIDAY JUNE 26 2026 Starring the amazing Amanda Richards, and written and directed by her also. If you are looking for some ground breaking, amusing and outside the box lyrics and storylines, which will at times shock and at times lead to raucous laughter, then Whiskey Dixie could fit the bill though I would not advise watching it with children … Continue reading Raindance Film Festival London 2026, 16-26 June

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AI and Gender Inclusion with Women in Film and TV UK

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Raindance talk and discussion at The Canon Venue Piccadilly. Raindance Film Festival continues up to and including June 26 2026 at The Vue Cinema Lower Regent Street. “AI and Gender Inclusion with Women in Film and TV UK,” Panel – Katie Bailiff, Viviane D’Avilla, Katharina Gellein Viken and Georgina Cammalleri AI has been around for a lot longer than people realize and now it has filtered gradually into the mass public sphere and is actively employed more than ever especially in film making and any visual communication including of course, material featured on social media. The title of this well networked and informed … Continue reading AI and Gender Inclusion with Women in Film and TV UK

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How secrets come out in a dark story with purple passages and spooky scenes

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Jackalope(2026) Raindance Film Festival, The Vue Cinema, Lower Regent Street, London.Until and including June 26 , 2026. World Premiere. Bryce Hirschberg – Writer and Director. Independent horror/thriller. Stars Catherine Corcoran, Alex Mandel, and Bryce Hirschberg. The name Jackalope is a fictional beast – it combines a jackrabbit with the antlers of antelope or deer, rooted in American frontier tall tales and is a good choice of name for this dark film full of episodes to take our breath away. Jackalope indicates myth and mayhem and so the saga unfolds. It’s often fun to be watching a film which starts with … Continue reading How secrets come out in a dark story with purple passages and spooky scenes

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Raindance Film Festival London 2026

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The 34th Raindance Film Festival from 17-26 June 2026, at the Vue Piccadilly, London, has 85 narrative and documentary features including 48 films, most of them by emerging first-time filmmakers. The programme includes 112 short films. Raindance’s mainly sponsored by Canon Europe. Gangsters whose demands are urgent, evil and impossible American Muscle (2026) RSL Films and Ghost Gang 81 minutes. Writer/Director Joel Veach Produced by David Thompson Filmed on location in Santa Clarita California. Peppered by an unexpected diversion into the Tarot and featuring very believable characters the beauty of this film is that the lead actor David W Thompson playing Rey … Continue reading Raindance Film Festival London 2026