FINLAY McLAREN on the horrific genius of Nigel Kneale. Continue reading
Author Archives: Lion & Unicorn
Last night on YouTube: Rumpole
FINLAY McLAREN takes the train to Coldsands in search of the lost art of television drama. Continue reading
Final Cut: The Eagle (2011)
SIMON MATTHEWS on a Roman epic somewhere between The Lord of the Rings and The Wicker Man. Continue reading
Final Cut: Bank Holiday (1938)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches a movie about Britain on the brink of WW2. Continue reading
Final Cut: The Duellists (1977)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Ridley Scott’s Napoleonic debut movie. Continue reading
Final Cut: Number One (1985)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Bob Geldof, Alfred Molina, Ray Winstone & Mel Smith in a dark movie about snooker. Continue reading
Final Cut: In Search of Gregory (1969)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Julie Christie and John Hurt In Search of Gregory. Continue reading
Final Cut: No Room at the Inn (1948)
JONATHAN CALDER on a 1945 child-abuse case and the play and movie that it inspired. Continue reading
Final Cut: Carry On Columbus (1992)
SIMON MATTHEWS on the much maligned (perhaps wrongly) Carry On Columbus. Continue reading
Final Cut: Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
Ted Willis didn’t just write Dixon of Dock Green. SIMON MATTHEWS praises his film Woman in a Dressing Gown. Continue reading
Recrudescence: British Twitter on Donald Trump
A record of how the re-election of Donald Trump as US president was received by British commentators on Twitter. Continue reading
Final Cut: Of Time and the City (2008)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Terence Davies’s rumination on the Liverpool that was. Continue reading
