Sunday links
This week's selection of links to articles and one video that have attracted my eye and ear, with my thanks to those who pointed me towards them. And just for a change, let's ignore the idiocies of the public world more
This week's selection of links to articles and one video that have attracted my eye and ear, with my thanks to those who pointed me towards them. And just for a change, let's ignore the idiocies of the public world more
Today the wonderful people at Network release a DVD of 13 half-hour thrillers made by LWT in 1972 as the anthology strand The Frighteners. Their description is as follows:
Featuring the talents of John Thaw, Ian Holm, Warren Clarke, Ianmore
On Tuesday night BFI Southbank screens a film that is, for me, one of the singular masterpieces of television drama, Richard Eyre's film Country from a script by Trevor Griffiths. Made for BBC Television in 1981, this rarely-seen 80-minute drama more
A selection of links to interesting stuff from the past week, with the usual implied virtual thanks to those who alerted me to many of them. • Who will be left?: among the many good points that Tom Crewe makes more
On Wednesday night BBC Two broadcast Rupert Goold's film of King Charles III with a script by Mike Bartlett. It is on BBC iPlayer for the next four weeks, and if you watch nothing else in that time, more
BFI Southbank is midway through a season of the television plays of the radical writer Trevor Griffiths. Tuesday last featured the playwright reflecting on his career (and I was frustrated I couldn't attend) but still to come are showings more
Last weekend my sister Sheila celebrated her 60th birthday in Whitstable, and a lovely occasion it was - so that's my excuse this time for missing last week's links. Here's a selection from the past fortnight, with the usual implied more
I really like the streaming service Mubi.com. I was initially sceptical about its subscription model offering just 30 films at a time, with one dropping off each day and a new one added. But I have been entirely won more
To the Barbican on Sunday for a screening of Henri Fescourt's glorious Les Misérables, shot in France in 1925-26, and only recently restored with breath-taking tinted and toned visuals. It now runs at its full length, which is 6 hours more
Although I am posting more links on weekdays, Sunday is the day for a miscellany, which is what I offer here with thanks to those who alerted me to many. • The real madman: Masha Gessen on Putin and Tr*mp more