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 →

La Grande Illusion

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the release of Jean Renoir’s pacifist masterpiece La Grande Illusion, I wrote about the Continue reading →

German Expressionism

Ahead of the re-release of Fritz Lang’s Destiny, I collaborated with Alex Barrett on this list for the BFI site: Continue reading →

S&S July 2017

An eclectic month for me: I contributed a feature on Fritz Lang’s Der Müde Tod (1921) to Sight & Sound Continue reading →

The Informer in San Francisco

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival begins today. I’m delighted to say that a) I’m attending and so enjoying my Continue reading →

Silent film on the radio

I’ve been to Broadcasting House for local radio duties a couple of times recently. First I was on BBC London Continue reading →