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Stars: Sharon Duce, Sarah-Jane Potts, David Ganly, Helen Grady, Jessica Millson, Ben Redman, Oliver Jackson | Written and Directed by Joseph Millson

Signs of Life is the feature directorial debut of prolific British actor-turned-filmmaker Joseph Millson. A movie that is an ambitious blend of heart-stopping drama and uplifting optimism. A story that seeks to explore the fragile interplay between grief, human connection, and the redemptive power of kindness. A project that, while very entertaining,g is also absolutely needed out in the world right now, cinema is often a reflection of not where we are, but where we should be or should be heading towards. Produced under MillPotts Productions, the film builds on the thematic groundwork laid by Millson’s award-winning short films The Magician and Care, completing a loose trilogy that grapples with heartache and the beauty of life. While the film has a modest budget and indie ethos, this never limits its polish.

Mubi is showing Sidney Lumet's Fail-Safe (1964) May 7 - June 6 and Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) May 8 - June 7, 2016 in the UK.“Yes, it’s a hard day. Goodbye, my friend.”— General Koniev, Fail-Safe“Jack, this is Helen.”— Helen Grady, Fail-SafeTiming was everything during the Cold War. A matter of life and death, democracy or communism, us versus them. And, for true megalomaniacs, my motion picture against your motion picture. In January 1963, Stanley Kubrick filed a lawsuit to halt the production of Fail-Safe, an upcoming adaptation of the recently published novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. A political thriller about nuclear war, it was being directed by Sidney Lumet and starred Henry Fonda. Kubrick’s charge was plagiarism: Fail-Safe, the director claimed, was a copy in all but name of Peter George’s Red Alert, the 1958 novel that...