We have been on holiday in France, staying in an ancient manor house on the outskirts of the village of Montredon-Labessonié. Tucked away in the countryside between Albi and Castres, Montredon-Labessonié has a church, a bar and a recently more
• Listen up: Nick Pinkerton for Artforum on Japan Speaks Out!: Early Japanese Talkies at New York's Museum of Modern Art, including (above) The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, 1931, directed by Heinosuke Gosho. • Orson Welles and more
I've had a wonderful birthday week in France, and now I'm back with all sorts of new challenges to face. Here's a selection of three things for today, before - inspired a bit by my birthday blog - I start more
Today is my 60th birthday. I was born 60 years ago today. No-one, of course, believes that they will ever be 60. I do not believe I am 60 years old. But perhaps writing this short blog post will help more
Each day I highlight just three things. Sometimes there are links between them, oftentimes there are not. • State of Terror: innovative interactive report from veteran BBC journalist Peter Taylor about the financing of ISIS. • Martha Graham - more
Each day I highlight just three things. Sometimes there are links between them, oftentimes there are not. • When Orham Panuk met Anselm Kiefer: a lovely, evocative essay by the novelist, courtesy of the Guardian. • Next practices in more
Each day I highlight just three things. Sometimes there are links between them, oftentimes there are not. • The new new museum: Jerry Saltz for New York magazine riffs on the recent history of art museums and makes you long more
Each day I highlight just three things. Sometimes there are links between them, oftentimes there are not. • The A-Z of Carl Dreyer: terrific anthology from Matthew Thrift at BFI about the demanding work of the great Danish director, including more
Each day I try to highlight just three things. Sometimes there are connections between the three things, oftentimes there are not. • The wonderfully elusive Chinese novel: a fascinating discussion from The New York Review of Books in which Perry more
Each day I try to highlight just three things. Sometimes there are connections between the three things, oftentimes there are not. • The River - a new authenticity: a very fine essay by Ian Christie for Criterion on Jean Renoir's more