This is the new release from Mark Jenkin, funded by both Film Four and the British Film Institute. Like his previous title, Bait (2019), this is set in Cornwall and filmed on 16mm. Bait was in black and white and in the academy ratio; this later film is also in academy ratio but in colour. I only saw Bait in a digital transfer which did not do full justice to the original film. Happily with Rose of Nevada blown up to 35mm this should not be an issue.

Bait was set among the fisherman in Cornish village struggling with the insecurity and the issues raised by second-home owning. Rose of Nevada promises to be rather different. Described as a ‘science fiction drama’ it recounts the ‘return’ of a fishing vessel lost thirty years previously. A friend who has already seen the title, [from digital], advised it was not to be missed.

So the Hyde Park Picture House has two screenings of the 35mm print of the film this coming Saturday, June 6th, and Sunday, June 7th. For cineastes keen on 35mm there is also an article on the Picture House Journal by senior projectionist Mike Sharples. He explains, with illustrations, the work that has been undertaken to make the the cinema’s two Cinemeccanica Vic 8 projectors working properly; the main issue was the availability of spare parts as film projection becomes a rarity. And, as Mike points out, ‘reel’ film has distinctive characteristics which offer a special pleasure to cineastes. Happily, this signals that the Picture House will now have regular screenings from 35mm prints.

Mike also acknowledges the assistance in the work from the Projected Picture Trust; their website and archive are worth a visit. Also from Rob Younger of the Parkway Cinema in Barnsley, another venue with occasional 35mm screenings, and also 70mm. And there is Bradford Pictureville with both 35mm and 70mm projection. Leeds/Bradford is well served with this increasingly rare art form.