Men of Character - Colin Gordon
July 12, 2019British cinema of the 1950s and 1960s was suffused with managerial types, each with their unique set of reactions to the trials caused by their lower orders. Ice would regularly […]
Top Seven British Film Car Chases
June 28, 2019These films have been carefully selected on the grounds of their capacity for excitement, drama, thrills – and whether I happen to like the cars displayed on screen. Enjoy… 7) […]
Edgar Lustgarten and The Case of The Long Dark Hall
June 21, 2019An overwhelming sense of gimcrack seediness pervades the finest post-war British film-noirs. The Long Dark Hall is the tale of an outwardly respectable type who is impacted in the murder […]
Women of Character - Hattie Jacques
June 14, 2019Christopher Fowler’s memoir Paperboy is essential reading for any fan of British cinema – not least for his guide to the character of a typical 1950s and 1960s British film. […]
Gonks Go Beat - once seen, never forgotten
May 31, 2019On the 26th January 1965, the Thanet Times reported on how production was completing at Shepperton Studio on ‘the biggest explosion of reverberating beat ever to be unleashed on the teenage […]
Men of Character - Sydney Tafler
May 24, 2019Sydney Tafler could create an instantly recognisable figure, within a few minutes of screen time. There is a sublime moment in The Lavender Hill Mob when a look of horror […]
Gonk revival anyone?
May 17, 2019So-bad-it’s-brilliant pop musical Gonks Go Beat gets the blu-ray treatment in this brand new edition from Network. But what exactly is… or was… a Gonk? The truth has become muddled […]
ITC – Men of Mystery
May 3, 2019ITC – Home of Low-Budget International Men of Mystery Three days after ITV commenced broadcasts on the 22nd September 1955, ATV – the franchise holder for London at the weekends […]
Queen Victoria on Film & TV
March 26, 2019In the 1890s, when cinematography was in its infancy, Queen Victoria was one of the first monarchs to appear on film in what effectively marked the first royal newsreel. This […]