Final cut: Mr Jones (2019)
A film about George Orwell, Lloyd George, Maxim Litivinov and the Ukraine famine? SIMON MATTHEWS has a look.
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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
‘Too difficult’
ALWYN TURNER on Ann Cryer’s revelations two decades ago of what became known as grooming gangs. Continue reading
Unusual sightings of Daleks
Daleks turn up in the oddest places, notes ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Dalek Invasion
It’s sixty years since the Daleks first invaded Earth. ALWYN TURNER on the TV hit of Christmas 1964. 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
‘Incoherently eloquent’
ALWYN TURNER on the late John Prescott: never mind the politics, feel the vibes. 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
Ghosts of Budgets Past
DAN ATKINSON on the very few Budgets that have actually mattered. Continue reading
‘We are sorry’
ALWYN TURNER on the time that Tony Blair apologised for slavery. Continue reading
‘Mystery among the muffins’
Miss Marple doesn’t really belong in Swinging London, concludes ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
