Ted Willis didn’t just write Dixon of Dock Green. SIMON MATTHEWS praises his film Woman in a Dressing Gown. Continue reading
Author Archives: Lion & Unicorn
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
Final Cut: He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
George Formby’s up to his tricks in politics, and SIMON MATTHEWS is there to see him. Continue reading
Final Cut: the index
Your A-Z guide to SIMON MATTHEWS’s movie reviews from 80 years of British cinema. Continue reading
Final Cut: The Exception (2016)
SIMON MATTHEWS is impressed by a movie with Christopher Plummer as the Kaiser and Eddie Marsan as Himmler. Continue reading
Final Cut: Alf’s Button Afloat (1938)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches the Crazy Gang and wonders whether they’re still funny. Continue reading
Final Cut: Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Robin Askwith, Richard O’Brien and Leena Skoog in a 1970s sexploitation pic. Continue reading
Final cut: Hammerhead (1968)
SIMON MATTHEWS on the one movie excursion of Charles Hood, a wannabe James Bond. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Election elephants
There’s a whole herd of elephants in the room in this general election. Continue reading
Final cut: Yellowbeard (1983)
Ahoy, shipmates! SIMON MATTHEWS has things to say about Graham Chapman’s pirate movie, Yellowbeard. Continue reading
Final Cut: Manuela (1957)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches a prime piece of colonial fiction from just before the Winds of Change. Continue reading
