‘In gross rebellion’
Press features for Richard II get into gear this evening, Tuesday, with the appearance of David Tennant and director Greg Doran on BBC Radio 4's Front Row at 7.15pm. I will post an iPlayer link once that goes more
Press features for Richard II get into gear this evening, Tuesday, with the appearance of David Tennant and director Greg Doran on BBC Radio 4's Front Row at 7.15pm. I will post an iPlayer link once that goes more
Throughout the summer my MacBook Pro was developing little signs of fatigue. The 'u', the 'i' and 'o' keys started working only intermittently. The lower part of the screen sometimes showed a light brown stain. Then somehow or other, I more
To Clapham Picturehouse last night for the NT Live broadcast of Othello with Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear. Excepting only the sound bleed from the bar next door through much of the second half, this was a triumph. An exceptional more
So just how excited are we? Homeland S3 starts in the States on Sunday - and a week later, on Sunday 6 October, on Channel 4. In one of my Sunday Links... columns I highlighted the recent Varieties more
Here was one we made earlier. More than fifteen years ago in fact, and now brought from the archive for an outing at BFI Southbank on NFT1's big screen. The production was Gloriana - A Film and the occasion last more
At the end of last week, I posted about the Spaces of Television conference at the University of Reading. I greatly enjoyed the three-day event and I learned a lot from many of the presentations. One of the more
With apologies for its late arrival (blame this blog's server), this is a further post about the preparations for the RSC's Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcast of Richard II to cinemas on 13 November in the UK (and later more
Courtesy of The Notebook at mubi.com and the Spanish film magazine Transit comes The Melville Variations, great video+text essay by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin about the films of the great French director Jean-Pierre Melville. more
The modern campus of the University of Reading is a pleasant place, especially when flattered by the late afternoon sun of a mild autumn day. That's where I have been for the last three days, taking part in an enjoyable more
Today is the start of week four of rehearsals for the RSC's Richard II. The cast are beginning to work with director Greg Doran on the detail of each scene, starting this morning with Act I Scene 1. In parallel, more