SIMON MATTHEWS on an anti-death-penalty movie written by the brother of a prime minister. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
The censoring of Sexton Blake
ALWYN TURNER wonders why he’s being protected from the prejudices of Edwardian pulp fiction. Continue reading
Final cut: Children of Men (2006)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches the screen adaptation of PD James’s dystopian novel. Continue reading
Final Cut: The Tunnel (1935)
The special relationship between the UK and USA – on rails? SIMON MATTHEWS investigates. Continue reading
Final Cut: Hampstead (2017)
SIMON MATTHEWS on a rom-com that could have been so much more. Continue reading
Final Cut: Ships with Wings (1941)
‘Get up, you filthy Hun!’ SIMON MATTHEWS watches a 1941 classic war movie. Continue reading
Final Cut: Murder, She Said (1961)
SIMON MATTHEWS on Miss Marple, The Mousetrap and Margaret Rutherford. Continue reading
Final Cut: Beau Brummell (1954)
SIMON MATTHEWS revisits a fictional account of the greatest dandy of them all. Continue reading
History cops: Endeavour
So what do we learn of British history from watching the period cop show Endeavour? ALWYN TURNER is our guide. Continue reading
Final Cut: The Blockhouse (1973)
SIMON MATTHEWS on Peter Sellers’s 1973 excursion into art-house movies. Continue reading
Final cut: Juggernaut (1974)
SIMON MATTHEWS on a state-of-the-nation movie for a nation that wasn’t watching. Continue reading
Remembering Chirgwin
ALWYN TURNER on one of the greatest stars of the British music hall. Did he really influence Alice Cooper? Continue reading
