John Wyver writes: for this collection of links I am interpreting the idea of 'writing' rather broadly, and so there are pointers towards pieces about writing, pieces about journalism, pieces about reading, and pieces of what I feel to be more
John Wyver writes: Seeing The Lost People a week or so ago piqued my interest in movies set in the middle Europe of the immediate post-war years, and in how they might have negotiated the complex politics more
This Sunday, 17 March, Battersea Arts Centre are hosting a very special one-off showing of all the films made for the series Performance Live as collaborations between BAC, Arts Council England, BBC Television and a host of cultural organisations and more
Our very latest production is the trailer for Anne Washburn's play Shipwreck, directed by Rupert Goold, at the Almeida Theatre until 30 March. A tale of Trump's America, it's quite a ride - and the one-minute trailer aims to more
John Wyver writes: To BFI Southbank on Thursday for a screening of the 1949 British film The Lost People, which proved to be almost laughably poor and entirely fascinating. There are three strands to just why I got so much more
John Wyver writes: Prompted by social media posts and World Book Day (and I know I'm a little late), above is an image of two of my bookshelves. These are part of my 'cinema' selection, with the volumes ordered in more
John Wyver writes: Another of my occasional posts where I bring together stuff that has interested or intrigued me recently, on this occasion about the visual arts. You can also access a recent group of Photography links and one more
John Wyver writes:Most of my waking hours are currently occupied in compiling the index to my book Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History. Not sure if I've mentioned this before, but this is to be published by more
For The New York Times, Martha Schwendener has written a fascinating response to the inaugural show at the new Brant Foundation in the East Village (until 15 May) of some 70 works by Jean-Michel Basquiat. 'Jean-Michel Basquiat' at more
John Wyver writes:Tomorrow night (less than four weeks from the scheduled B-Day), at 18.15 on Tuesday 7, I'm chairing a panel at BFI Southbank (tickets here, although there are not many left) with actor Cherie Lunghi (who is more