Always looking for the new and different, I am extending this blog's 'Links for the weekend' (see tomorrow) with a complementary post that features just videos. Which doesn't mean that I won't include videos in the 'Links' but rather that more
One of the things you quickly learn as a producer is not to use 'Happy Birthday to you' in a film. Remarkably, the song remains in copyright, and as a consequence, you need to secure clearance for its use and more
The most popular strand of this blog is the 'Links for the week' feature that I aim to post each Sunday. Although I pick up my recommendations from Twitter and Facebook as well as my general reading around the web, more
Over the past couple of days there has been a lot of buzz about Snow fall - the avalanche at Tunnel Creek, written by John Branch for The New York Times. But 'written by' is only part of more
My strangest (and most welcome) discovery of the week was the 1929 avant-garde film La perle (above). Thanks to The Forgotten: Never Explain a Mystery, Never Wake a Sleepwalker by David Cairns at the ever-excellent Mubi.com's Notebook, more
I am indebted to Stuart Ian Burns (@feelinglistless) and his estimable Hamlet Weblog for pointing out that - remarkably - BBC Worldwide has made available in full on YouTube seven plays from The BBC Television more
At London's The Photographers' Gallery there is a compelling exhibition called Shoot! Existential Photography (until 6 January). Trouble is, the idea behind what's not in any case a great title is a bit tricky to explain. Here's the gallery's more
So keen was I - and am I - to see Phyllida Lloyd's new production of Julius Caesar at Donmar Warehouse (until 9 February) that I booked tickets for the first preview. The production stars, among others, Harriet more
As detailed on Thursday, I am posting my links twice a week from now on - on Thursdays and on Sundays. Today's lead is the excellent news that images from the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts at more
On reflection, my idea last weekend of splitting the week's links into two (here and here) is probably not the way to go. Simply put, I like the eclecticism of a single list; plus, one post more