Monthly Archives: September 2011

DVD diary: September – part two

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

Dark Of The Sun (1968) The great cinematographer Jack Cardiff, responsible for the dazzling imagery of Michael Powell’s A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948), and Albert Lewin’s Pandora and the Flying … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

I recently re-read two of my favourite film books. The first was published in 1971, and I’ve read it maybe five times since then. The second was published twenty years later, in 1991, and I’d only read it once before, … Continue reading →

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DVD diary: September – part one

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

There’s still no recognizable pattern to my DVD watching, but maybe I shouldn’t worry about it. If my viewing became more systematic, it would probably start to feel like work. I finally finished getting through the British TV series Department … Continue reading →

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Guest blog: William K. Everson & British Film part 2

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Howard Curle

Guest blogger Howard Curle follows up his previous account of William K. Everson’s class on British Cinema at New York University with an in-depth look at one of the movies Everson introduced him to: John Baxter’s Love on the Dole … Continue reading →

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