Blog posts by year and monthApril 2016
Posts (9)
Rival Productions
A new film about the singer Florence Foster Jenkins is out next week - only a few weeks ago there was a French movie called Marguerite telling the same story. Why does this happen so often?
The Ninth Configuration
One of the films I鈥檓 completely obsessed about is now out on BluRay - William Peter Blatty鈥檚 extraordinary drama The Ninth Configuration.
Social Media Movies
There鈥檚 a new film out this week called Friend Request. It鈥檚 the latest in a line of internet based horror movies - is this genre becoming the found footage film of its time?
Text and Subtext
The American cinema chain AMC recently announced that they would allow texting during film screenings - here is what happened next鈥�
The Return Of Orion
Orion: The Man Who Would Be King - the extraordinary story of Elvis impersonator Jimmy Ellis - was one of my favourite films of last year and is just out on DVD.
Straight To DVD
I was recently really impressed by a film called Cop Car that never got a theatrical release. What have you seen and liked that didn鈥檛 make it into cinemas?
My Top Five Terence Davies Films
Sunset Song is just out on DVD. Here are my favourites from Terence Davies' brilliant career.
Celluloid Jukebox
I have a new series starting on Radio 2 tonight called Celluloid Jukebox - it鈥檚 a celebration of the 60 year relationship between pop music and the movies. What is your favourite use of music in a film?
