Listmania redux:
The Greatest Documentaries of All Time, part one

Although the idea of creating lists of the “best” is always problematic, the attempt often provides the impetus to think about and reevaluate our own likes, dislikes and judgements. The recent Sight & Sound list of “the greatest documentaries of all time” affords an opportunity to think about what actually qualifies as documentary and to talk about personal favourites.

Three recent losses

The work of the great English cinematographer Oswald Morris, in both colour and black-and-white, added enormously to the films he worked on. He had a long and fruitful association with John Huston (his work on Moulin Rouge in 1952 pushed the boundaries of what Technicolor was supposed to be able to do), and also shot […]

Blasts from the past

DVD of the Week: Vampire Circus (1972)

Back to the future: 2001 revisited

Crime and Horror from Radiance

Hammer adventures from Indicator

>