The museum of cinema in Turin
I somehow imagine that all museums before 1990 were cheerless, unheated places run by men in tight weave and small
Category: Film
Ben Hecht: the craft of the ‘anonymous’ screenwriter
Even a cursory examination of Ben Hecht suggests a whirlwind of energy. His output was one long unchecked literary rampage
Cheap and sentimental things
The word ‘cheap’ and the word ‘sentimental’ aren’t generally part of a lexicon of praise. Both might be used to
Journey to Italy: Hollywood goes Neapolitan
De Sica’s The Bicycle Thieves and Umberto D maybe among the most famous examples of Italian neo-realism, but the films
Gaslight: the light of the mind
Like many of the pies in which David O. Selznick had his fat little fingers, George Cukor’s 1944 Gaslight has
Richard Curtis: the Great British Myth Maker
A Richard Curtis film set in Middlesbrough is a cinematic oxymoron. Even Milton Keynes seems unlikely. Mainly because foppish glamour,
Thoughts from a working boy 