S&S September 2017

A handful of reviews in the new Sight & Sound. I looked at the amazing release of Pabst’s Westfront 1918 Continue reading →

Cinema Rediscovered

I reported on the Cinema Rediscovered festival in Bristol for Sight & Sound.

Robert Mitchum

One hundred years to the day since he was born, I wrote about the cool magic of Robert Mitchum for Continue reading →

Ace in the Hole

Absolutely thrilled to introduce Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole (1951) at Bristol’s Cinema Rediscovered festival at the Watershed this Continue reading →

Teaching silent cinema

I was invited to take part in the MusicWorks summer course this July, where I taught the teenage music students Continue reading →

S&S August 2017

The August 2017 issue of Sight & Sound includes my writeup from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, plus Blu-ray Continue reading →

Keaton v Kurosawa

As part of the Radio 4 Film Programme’s A to Z of Film, I found myself going into bat for Continue reading →

Rep at Ritrovato

I went to the amazing Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna and wrote about this feast of rep cinema for Continue reading →