Press
Press
Reviews
Mark Kermode's Film of the week
The Observer/Guardian - 4* review
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian - 4* review
“Brute social realism with a thriller’s ticking clock”
Variety
“Shocking, saddening, frightening, but with some welcome humanity in reserve”
Screen Daily
“A bold powerful eye-opening film…”
The Face
This film needs to be seen
The Times
Important and ferociously powerful film
Vice
Spectator Australia - review
Cinerama - 5* review
Cinechat - 4* review
Film Hounds - 4* review
Any Good Films - review
Movies.ie - 4* review
Filmuforia - 4* review
Hey u Guys - 4* review
Evening Standard - 4* review
Battle Royale with Cheese - review
The List - 4* review
Out-take Mag - 4* review
The People’s Movies - 4* review
Review Avenue - 9/10 review
Film Carnage - 3 1/2* review
I News - 4* review
The Times - 3* review
The Radio Times - 4* review
Brum Notes - review
The Gay UK - 4* review
Liquid Marmalade - review
The Sunday Times - 3* review
Sight & Sound - review
Little White Lies - 4* review
Vodzilla - 8/10 review
FABUK - Positive review
Close up Film - 4* review
Movies 1 - Positive review
Film for Thought - 3 1/2* review
The New Statesman - Positive review
NME - 4* review
Interviews
NME
Interview with Henry Blake
Sky News
Live TV interview with Henry Blake at 14:45
The Empire Podcast
Interview with Harris Dickinson
Mark Kemode Live in 3D
“The way in which the story is told is actually expressionist… a marriage of sound and vision that is cinematic in itself”
Henry Blake interview
(from 17:57 onwards)
The Empire Podcast
Interview with Harris Dickinson & 4* review
Friday 4th December
The interview starts at 36:00 minutes & the review starts at 131:14 minutes
The List - Harris Dickinson quotes from Hey U Guys interview
Film News - Harris Dickinson quotes from Hey U Guys interview
Leigh Singer Interviews Henry Blake and DOP Sverre Sørdal on visual influences for County Lines
Jackie Long interviews Henry Blake on Channel 4 News
“County Lines sits in a lineage of films that have been specifically to highlight overlooked social problems.”
Sight and Sound Dec 2020 Interview with Henry Blake
Guardian interview with Conrad Khan.
Out-Take Mag
Interview with Henry Blake
Henry Blake discusses exploitation and vulnerability in County Lines
Flip your Whig
interview with Henry Blake
Majestic Disorder
Interview with Henry Blake
Out-Take Mag
Interview with Henry Blake
Directors Notes
Interview with Henry Blake
Glamour
Interview with Ashley Madekwe
ITV London News
Interview with Henry Blake and Conrad Khan
Thursday 10th December, 18:17
Radio & Podcast
“An incredibly powerful film….”
Mariella Fostrup interviews Henry Blake on Times Radio
(Listen from 01:48)
“Holds a mirror up to Society….”
Jason Solomons and Robert Elms interview Harris Dickinson on BBC Radio London
(listen from 2:45)
Kermode on Film Podcast
Interview with Henry Blake
The interview starts at 39:21 minutes
The BBC Radio 5 Live: Nihal Arthanayake
Interview with Henry Blake, ‘ Tracey’ one of the contributors / case studies for the film and a representative from The Children’s Society.
50 minute feature starts at 13:08
BBC Radio London: Eddie Nestor
Interview with Henry Blake
The interview starts at 2:42:04 minutes
BBC Radio 4: Front Row
Interview with Henry Blake
The interview is from 14:01 minutes
Kent Online / KMFM
Interview with Henry Blake
The Cinematologists
Interview with Henry Blake & discussion on social realism and positive review
The discussion starts at 10:27 & the interview starts at 0:25:50 minutes
BBC Radio Suffolk: James Hazell
Interview with Henry Blake
The interview is introduced from 2:13:07 minutes
BBC Radio London: Eddie Nestor
Interview with Henry Blake
RTE Arena
Interview with Henry Blake
The interview starts at 51.55 minutes
BBC Radio Essex: Afternoons on Essex
Interview with Henry Blake
The interview starts at 2:09:05 minutes
BBC Radio Kent: The Dominic King Show
Interview with Henry Blake
18:10 and repeated at 20:45
BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex:Mid-Morning
Positive review from 12:40
BBC Radio 5 Live: Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review
Positive review from 14:30
BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex: Amanny Mo
Interview with Henry Blake from 21:00
Brit Flicks Podcast
Interview with Henry Blake