Videos of the week
Todd MacDonald's choice of interesting new videos is a couple of days late this week but as he explains that's the company's fault, not his. Todd MacDonald: This week I have been shooting films a lot more than watching more
Todd MacDonald's choice of interesting new videos is a couple of days late this week but as he explains that's the company's fault, not his. Todd MacDonald: This week I have been shooting films a lot more than watching more
So you've probably seen this already, even though it was only posted six days ago. Since when it has clocked up more than 3.7 million YouTube views. Yes, it's the video illustrating part of the audio recording of more
Has there ever been a better time to love the cinema? Sure, it would have been cool to hang out on the Left Bank in '56 and argue about Ray and Fuller with Jean-Luc, Francois and the gang. And I more
Back in 2009 we ran a blog post that was based on an article in the New York Times which claimed that the 'latest digital fad a chain-letter-cum-literary exercise called "25 Random Things About Me".' For a while it more
Recently I sat in a viewing theatre with half a dozen other researchers and watched a truly remarkable 1965 television documentary called Walk Down Any Street. Directed for Associated-Rediffusion by Charlie Squires, the film is a clear-eyed and sympathetic verité more
Yesterday was Karl Marx's birthday and today is a holiday that more or less coincides with one on 1 May that in some eighty countries celebrates International Workers' Day. On Friday last Illuminations said farewell, after more than a more
Yesterday at BFI Southbank I saw a fine (although a touch short of immaculate) 35mm print of John Schlesinger's 1967 Far from the Madding Crowd. Marred by inconsistency in its central performances, this is nonetheless a magnificent film in many more
Our colleague Todd MacDonald offers another selection of videos that caught his eye during the past week. His selection also appears on his personal blog. Todd MacDonald: The long awaited new album from Bonobo emerged more
Upstage there is a set with an enclosed room and other smaller spaces, including two booths like those used for sound recording. The room is dressed as a kitchen, with walls which have extensive glass panelling allowing the audience to more
This is both irresistible and a touch magical: an eight-minute video courtesy of The Criterion Collection with Martin Scorsese talking about and demo-ing the recent restoration of Laurence Olivier's 1955 Richard III (above). Shot more