Film books
Denis Meikle obituary
Other lives: Film historian and co-founder of Hemlock Books, specialising in film, horror, mystery and the macabre
Jasper Sharp
22, May, 2022 @4:42 PM
In brief: Audience-ology; The Sentence; London, Burning – review
The secret world of Hollywood test screenings, Louise Erdrich’s ambitious new ghost story, and London in the late 1970s
Alexander Larman
23, Jan, 2022 @1:00 PM
Solid Ivory by James Ivory review – an Oscar-winning film director tells all
Though more focused on flirtations and finery than the craft of film-making, there is much to enjoy in this entertaining ragbag
Blake Morrison
09, Dec, 2021 @9:00 AM
Lloyd George defined ‘profiteer’ more than a century ago. It may be time to revisit it | Tim Adams
The scandal of PPE procurement is surely reason enough for the term to be debated in parliament
Tim Adams
20, Nov, 2021 @5:00 PM
Laura Marcus obituary
Academic, critic and writer who focused on the works of Virginia Woolf, autobiography and the history of cinema
Steven Connor
19, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood review – Tarantino’s debut novel shines
The director’s pulpy novelisation of his most recent film is entirely outrageous and addictively readable
Peter Bradshaw
28, Jun, 2021 @11:01 PM
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock by Edward White review – looking for Mr Fright
This innovative biography of the director – a wily tormentor of audiences and colleagues – is most successful when tracking his contemporary influence
Peter Conrad
25, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM
The Recce review – crossing enemy lines in South African action-drama
An elite soldier is sent on a perilous solo mission in this underwhelming drama set during the Namibian war of independence
Leslie Felperin
03, Feb, 2021 @4:00 PM
In brief: The Nolan Variations; Paris By Starlight; Nat Tate – review
Tom Shone’s fascinating study of film director Christopher Nolan
Alexander Larman
29, Nov, 2020 @1:00 PM
Quentin Tarantino to write novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Film director signs two-book deal, for novel of his 2019 film and a ‘deep dive’ into 1970s cinema
Alison Flood
18, Nov, 2020 @2:01 PM
In brief: A Tomb With a View; Love Orange; The Art of Screen Adaptation – review
Tales from six feet under, the pitfalls of a Trump-era marriage and how to turn a bestseller into an Oscar winner
Alexander Larman
06, Sep, 2020 @2:00 PM
Ronald Bergan obituary
Film scholar, author and obituary writer who addressed some of cinema’s big themes in his work
Clive Hirschhorn
28, Jul, 2020 @12:42 PM
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