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Thursday, 15 May 2025
Piece on Michael Palin in
A Private Function
(BFI online)
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On the occasion of Michael Palin's 82nd birthday I wrote about his performance in one my favourite comedies, A Private Function . You ca...
Review of
It Used to Be Witches
by Ryan Gilbey in
Sight and Sound
(June 2025)
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I reviewed Ryan Gilbey's new book about queer cinema, It Used to Be Witches , in the June issue of Sight and Sound , which is just out n...
Monday, 31 March 2025
10 Great British Films of 1975 (BFI online)
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For BFI online I wrote about 10 British films turning 50 this year. You can read the piece here .
Monday, 10 March 2025
Sight and Sound
(April 2025):
Woman in a Hat
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For the latest issue of Sight and Sound , I wrote about Stanisław Różewicz's Woman in a Hat for the "Lost and Found" column.
Sight and Sound
(March 2025):
Bushman
Review
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For the March 2025 issue of Sight and Sound I reviewed the new Blu-ray release of Bushman by David Schickele.
Sunday, 2 February 2025
Album Review:
Hallelujah on Desolation Row
, Barb Jungr And Her Trio (Absolute, 2025)
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Always innovative, Barb Jungr's explorations of the songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen have been among her most acclaimed and recognis...
Friday, 31 January 2025
Film Review:
Flight Risk
(dir. Gibson, 2025)
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"I'm gonna land this plane!!!" As in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen (2019), Michelle Dockery does all kinds of things that ...
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