Russell redux
Just released on DVD and Blu-ray by BFI Publishing are two sets of dramatised biographies made by Ken Russell at the BBC in the 1960s. The Great Composers contains Elgar (1962), The Debussy Film (1965) and Delius: Song of more
Just released on DVD and Blu-ray by BFI Publishing are two sets of dramatised biographies made by Ken Russell at the BBC in the 1960s. The Great Composers contains Elgar (1962), The Debussy Film (1965) and Delius: Song of more
A time there was when very Sunday morning I contributed a list of reading and viewing that I had found interesting during the previous week. To mark this blog rising once again from decrepitude, here is a selection for today. • more
One of the most interesting strands of moving image criticism today is the the fast-developing form of the short audio-visual essay. Made possible by the availability of films on DVD and as downloads, by desktop editing systems, by "fair use" more
One of the exhibitions in London that I am most looking forward to is the Paul Strand retrospective that has just opened at the V&A (until 3 July). Subtitled 'Film and Photography for the 20th Century', the show more
After far too long, as you can now see, we have finally re-launched our website. The process has involved a tricky transition from a previous developer and a previous CMS. So now we are faced with how best to use this new blog, more
The end of 2015 and the first months of this year have been immensely busy with new productions. In September we pulled together the live cinema broadcast of The Rocky Horror Show for ATG Theatres and Picturehouse Entertainment. In October our more