In the new double issue of Sight & Sound, I looked back at the year in archive cinema, reviewed two … More
Tag: early cinema
Talking about early cinema
I was part of a wide-ranging and somewhat eccentric discussion about (very) early cinema with Matthew Sweet, Ian Christie, Pamela … More
Cinema inventions
For Drugstore Culture‘s celebration of cinema technology past and present, I wrote about the bold inventions that created the dynamic … More
Early Alice
My essay ‘Reverent Fidelity: early adaptations of Alice in Wonderland‘ is in the catalogue for the Wonderland exhibition at the … More
Let there be Lumières
Back to the beginning … my latest Silent but deadly! column for the Guardian is on the astonishing short films … More
The birth of India’s film industry: how the movies came to Mumbai
The Guardian Film&Music section celebrates the centenary of Indian cinema with a special issue today. I contributed a piece about … More