SIMON MATTHEWS watches the evaporation of optimism in the Swinging Sixties. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Final cut
Final Cut: Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Tom Courtenay in a comedy set in the 1970s. Can love bridge the disco-punk divide? Continue reading
Final cut: Davy (1958)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Harry Secombe in an Ealing Comedy about the dying days of variety. Continue reading
Final cut: Johnny English (2003)
SIMON MATTHEWS on Rowan Atkinson’s spy-spoof series. Continue reading
Final cut: The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
SIMON MATTHEWS casts his vote for a post-war political comedy. 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
