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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
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
I am delighted that this week the new issue of the Historical Journal of Film, Television and Radio has published my article 'Exploring the lost television and technique of producer Fred O’Donovan'. The article is developed more
Cheek by Jowl are currently livestreaming their production of The Winter's Tale from the Barbican. Below is a bunch of background links and now I am intending to live blog through the evening. The stream will have subtitles in English, French and Spanish, more
On Sunday 23 April Barbican cinema presents a six-hour screening of a recently restored version of Henri Fescourt's 1925 film Les Misérables from Victor Hugo's novel. As the Barbican promises the new print has 'all the riches of the various more
Until 23 April MoMA in New York is running a season of Czech cinema from 1927-43. It looks like a wonderful series of almost unknown films. • Ecstasy and irony: Czech cinema, 1927-43: the MoMA programme page, with notes about more