2026: Year of the Horse
…
November 13th 2026 | more >
LATEST
American novelists assessed on the Timeform scale
added (world): Zola (146)
November 12th 2026 | more >BLUE VELVET [10/10], December 2001 review
Re-released in the UK as an appetite-whetter for Mulholland Dr., Blue Velvet‘s classic status is safer than ever. It’s regarded as one time David Lynch somehow got everything right: a dark, disturbing drama exploring the corruption and horror behind small town America’s white picket fences — and perhaps, according to some, the most savage cinematic […]
November 7th 2026 | more >FREE RANGE: the Europa League diary of a Sunderland fan, 2026/7
Thursday 5th November: Sunderland 0 — Dinamo Zagreb 2
November 5th 2026 | more >WHEN WE WERE WOLVES (report on the José Giovanni retrospective, San Sebastian 2026, for ‘Senses of Cinema’)
“Let’s take a plunge together – into some murky waters.”
October 27th 2026 | more >CINEPHILIA MON AMOUR?: answers to a questionnaire
There is also of course a cinephilia which leaves no trace…
September 30th 2026 | more >Venice 2026: Golden Lion odds
favourite: NAZA
September 11th 2026 | more >‘Hotel London’ (1987) and the Retake Film and Video Collective – Marius Hrdy interviews Ahmed Alauddin Jamal
Hotel London, created collaboratively in the Retake workshop, has lost none of its critical edge to this day. It was restored in 2025 by the BFI National Archive remasters project “in recognition of the cultural/political significance and enduring legacy of the highly influential Black and South Asian British Workshop movement”.
August 26th 2026 | more >UK 80s/90s : PREHISTORY / ANCIENT HISTORY
Alien : Resurrection 6 Nov’97
August 22nd 2026 | more >Attacking “THE ODYSSEY” (or, Always Coming Home)
Φάε πολύ τυρί, γίνε μεγάλος και δυνατός.
July 27th 2026 | more >OLDER UPDATES
- KINOKI latest: One body after another: LuYang’s The DOKU Trilogy at Foto Arsenal
- Whatever Happened to the Heroes? A Classical perspective on “Troy” by Sheila Seacroft
- Il Cinema Ritrovato XL: Krystel Brown reports
- STAYING UP! (?): the diary of a Sunderland fan, 2025-6 season
- Cannes 2026: Palme d’Or and acting-prize odds