On reading Poliakoff
I have just finished reading Stephen Poliakoff's Dancing on the Edge. Or at least that's what it feels like. In fact I have been viewing on my iPad downloads of the five-part six-hour BBC Two film. I have more
I have just finished reading Stephen Poliakoff's Dancing on the Edge. Or at least that's what it feels like. In fact I have been viewing on my iPad downloads of the five-part six-hour BBC Two film. I have more
Even if I neglect the blog on other days (and apologies for that, it's just a very busy time right now), the list of links needs to be offered each Sunday. I rarely embed audio clips here (mostly because I more
The Sleepwalker of Saint-Idesbald is the most recent addition to our catalogue of Art Lives films that we distribute on DVD. Completed in 1987, this is a richly interesting documentary about the Belgian Surrealist Paul Delvaux more
It's got to be Girls for the lead. The most recent episode of Lena Dunham's HBO series, titled 'One man's trash', lit up my Twitter like nothing else last week (except maybe that meteor, on which you need more
I know I'm coming late to this, but Girl Walk // All Day (above) is a feature-length dance film that since late 2011 has been freely available to view online in twelve chapters. And its tale of a girl, played more
My blog schedule for the week has been disrupted by a slow recovery from a modest bout of 'flu, so apologies for the absence of new posts in the past few days. Spending more time in bed than usual did more
So let's talk about Beyoncé. Everyone else is. Especially about her half-time Super Bowl show last Sunday (above, the video is embedded in several of the pieces linked to), which through the week prompted a slew of interesting pieces. These more
The first of this week's videos - which, by the way, is totally delightful and should be watched now - is discussed by the academic Jason Mittell in his post The Scared is Spread at his essential blog more
Network's new double DVD set from the 1960s ABC TV arts series Tempo is, as I posted last week, a wonderful collection of archival jewels. After last week's introduction, I intend to post over more
I have said this here before but it definitely bears repeating: over the past seven years or so a series of BFI screenings, publications and DVD releases has rewritten the history of the British documentary. This is an achievement that more