Opinions & Analysis
Two Peas in a Pod - Mike Leigh & Alfred Hitchcock
When Mike Leigh first uttered his expletives against Alfred Hitchcock`s Frenzy at the 2006 London Film Festival seminar on London…
COLUMN: Talking about the e-book
Everyone is talking about the e-book reader. Most are ranting about it, some are cautiously praising it, a brave few…
COLUMN: Give me your hands, if we be friends
“I’ve had enough food to last me for a week!” was my Grandmother’s annual litany as she neatly set down…
A problem called Maria: creative designer?
I’ve long forgiven her all the screaming. It just doesn’t get in the way enough and never has. But recently…
Make them laugh, make them cry...
When I sat down to write my column for this month, I thought back over my last few postings. I’ve…
COLUMN: All propaganda????
Do you ever wonder if what you see by way of location in cinema is nothing more than propaganda? Director…
CANNES 2008: The Women
Great news to hear that one of the top awards at Cannes this year has gone to female Bosnian Director…
A conversation with Thomas Small
Dundee-born Tommy Small remembers the days before The Space was built: he graduated from the Foundation Course at Dundee College…
Opportunity Costs
Kevin Spacey has waxed hostile to what he called the BBC’s ‘13-week promotions’ for Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals. Meanwhile, Arts…
Alfred Hitchcock`s Cockneyisms
"On those occasions when director Alfred Hitchcock interviewed journalists at his Cromwell Road flat, he`d disrobe to the waist, cover…