Posted in Television, Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2008 No Comments »
We don’t really do TV round these parts. This here’s Film Buff territory, governed by certain assumptions about the gogglebox. No one’s denying that the telly has facilitated some remarkable work over the years and if you want to rap about (Old Skool) Doctor Who then baby, I’m your man. Yet no-one’s going to convince […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
It’s David Lean’s centenary this year and although the anniversary itself was in March, the BFI are celebrating with a jamboree of revivals and retrospectives. What better time to consider his career?
But then I realised I had nothing new to say. The standard critical line on Sir David is that the early films were wonderful, […]
Posted in Hollywood, Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Summer’s here and with it, the seasonal cinema: big box-office-bursting behemoths. And, no doubt, trailing in their wake will be the inevitable pieces from serious cineastes, bemoaning the success of these vapid entertainments.
This isn’t, I hope, going to be one of them. It’s not that I dispute the critical analysis – how can I? – […]