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John Wyver writes: Since it appears as if we'll be spending even more of our time with our screens in the coming weeks, I thought I'd return to the blog with notes on some of the more obscure films and more
John Wyver writes: Since it appears as if we'll be spending even more of our time with our screens in the coming weeks, I thought I'd return to the blog with notes on some of the more obscure films and more
John Wyver writes: for your consideration - a selection of recent cinema-related stuff that I have found engaging and enriching. • Newspaper women and the movies in the USA, 1914-1925: the great scholar Richard Abel writes for the Women Film more
John Wyver writes: The end of last year was a shameful time for this blog, in large part because I posted ridiculously infrequently. Shortage of time was one factor, linked to a host of personal and professional pressures. But I more
John Wyver writes: At the weekend I enjoyed Ad Astra, the new sci-fi film with Brad Pitt directed by James Gray. It's an intelligent, interior tale with strong action sequences and exquisite visuals courtesy of DoP Hoyte van Hoytema. more
Thrilling news from our friend and colleague Keith Griffiths, who writes the following on his Facebook page: After three years of painstaking animation and production, tonight, Wednesday 11 September, sees the world premiere of The Doll's Breath, the new 22-minute more
John Wyver writes: So it's the official publication day for Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History. My thanks to The Arden Shakespeare for taking this on, to Gregory Doran and other colleagues at the RSC for all more
Publication day for my book Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History looms, and so here's another instalment in my chapter-by-chapter breakdown. The third chapter, 'Making Movies, 1964-73' is really an essay of two halves. The second part considers more
John Wyver writes: I am thrilled that my book Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History will be published by Bloomsbury in The Arden Shakespeare series on 27 June. It aspires to be an academic study more
John Wyver writes: Watching expertly-performed musical theatre in tiny spaces is often exhilarating, and so it proves with Maggie May at the Finborough Theatre. Led by Kara Lily Hayworth and James Darch (above, photo by Ali Wright), the more
John Wyver writes: To the LSE on Friday for a day of fascinating papers at British Women Documentary Filmmakers 1930-1955, a symposium organised by the Jill Craigie: Film Pioneer research project and the LSE's Department of Gender more