Time, I think, to start posting - initially on a weekly basis - about the preparations for Richard II Live from Stratford Upon Avon. This is the Royal Shakespeare Company's live-to-cinemas broadcast of the company's new more
Continuing this weekend's British cinema theme (see Ealing before Ealing here), my first recommendation has to be for Xan Brooks' delightful Guardian essay and video A pilgrim's progress: on the trail of A Canterbury Tale. Brooks more
Neither rhyme nor reason seems behind the choice of the four films in the first volume of the DVD series that Network have called The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection. Which is most excellent - the apparently more
Catching up (far too slowly) after China, there is a mountain of great stuff to read - and to recommend. One of the richest pieces published while I was away is David Bordwell's post Twice-told tales: Mildred Pierce more
After China, I am slowly re-entering London life, and I am delighted to highlight the premiere showing at 9.30pm tonight, Wednesday, on Sky Arts 2 HD of our new production Samuel Beckett: Not I. The 45-minute film features a more
Stupidly, I seem to hurt the a tendon in my left leg, and this has meant that I have been hobbling around Shanghai for these final two days of our holiday. We have nonetheless been up a very tall building, more
If I push the point a bit I can make this post a tale of two movies. Monday night we watched White House Down in a state-of-the-art cinema in Hangzhou, while last night we saw part of a classic black-and-white more
Saturday we spent in Ningbo, another major city in southern China that very few tourists visit. We came here because our son Nicholas has been studying here over the past year for a MA in International Business. He has been more
Thursday afternoon we flew from Xi'an to Wenzhou, which is a southern port city that's not on most tourist itineraries. Indeed it does not even rate so much as a mention in the Rough Guide to China, but more
We spent Wednesday in Xi'an, partly because we wanted a quieter day with less travelling than we have enjoyed over the past week. I'm also struggling with a head cold which seems a bit unfair, but nonetheless our time continues of more