Sherlock, Jr. (1924)

for a film which is overall pretty much perfect, which has overall pretty much everything you could want from a … More

2020 log: May

Films Ema (Larraín, 2020. Mubi) – Big ‘preview’ for this on 1st May; turns out they put it on the main … More

Films Eastern Promises (Cronenberg, 2007. DVD) – Draw a line from A History of Violence down to Cosmopolis and Maps to the Stars and you’ll … More

švejk’s scrapes of the first half, before shipping out to his regiment, are far more colourful for their variety and … More

Went over to Islington with M on 15 October to watch a live screening of The Cabinet as part of this … More

Picked up because of the publisher and the author’s name. Was actually written around 1923. A surprising little tale: gently … More

The turning point in the narrative of Hitchcock’s career, at which he develops the blueprint for the modern thriller and establishes … More