Posted in Books, Directors, Editors on Jan 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
If I turn my head slightly and look over my shoulder, from where I’m sitting I can see four tottering piles of books, stacked higgledy-piggledy on top of crowded shelves. These heaps sway alarmingly; every time I pass I hold my breath and think pure thoughts to avoid a collapse. This is my library of […]
Posted in The Future of Film on Jan 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Gosh, is it 2008 already? Yup, it’s another new year, smelling factory-fresh, with nary a scratch on it. As with all new years, there are certain proprieties to be observed: chiefly, trying to predict what the year will look like at the other end, when it’s held together by sticking plaster and we’re impatient to […]
Posted in Hollywood, Stars on Jan 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
One of the more depressing bits of news to filter out of Hollywood in 2007 was that our friends the studios have decided not to make any more dramas with female leads. This has been on the cards for a while, after a string of underperforming films starring the likes of Nicole Kidman, but after […]