31 December 2018
03 December 2018
ROBIN HOOD! PETERLOO! FAHRENHEIT 11/9: What do These Films have in Common? And What Sets Them Apart? Political Cinema vs Cinematic Politics..
Three Movies. All Very Different. Or ARE they? Let’s Take a Closer Look.. How does one ‘do’ politics on film? I think George Clooney once put it nicely: ‘I want the audience to ask questions’. IE: You don’t answer anything; never dictate, didactically, the messages that an audience ought...
21 August 2018
GOODBYE, MR BOYLE! BOND 25 Director leaves the project. Creative Differences Cited. Where now for 007? BREAKING NEWS.
DANNY BOYLE IS OUT OF BOND 25. ‘SHOCKING, POSITIVELY SHOCKING’ ‘We’re not a COUNTRY CLUB, 007’. ‘No-one ever leaves the KGB‘ How does 007 get out of THIS one? What it might mean, moving forward..AGENT JAMES MURPHY CONSIDERS ALL OPTIONS.. I thought it was a spoof. A Russian...
13 August 2018
Boris Johnson set to play the baddie in Bond 25?
DR BO-JO? Is Britain’s former foreign secretary ready to do battle with 007? James Murphy investigates, undercover. Bond 25 gossip is starting to pour in. Yesterday it was that old chestnut about Idris playing 007. Tomorrow? Never Dies. But Today: it Looks like we have our new Bond baddie?...
09 August 2018
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TBT: SKYFALL AND THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. REMEMBERING THE SUMMER SPIRIT OF THE OLYMPICS AND ITS LASTING GLOW OF 2012 OPTIMISM
Throwback Thursday. SKYFALL /DARK KNIGHT RISES: HEROES’ JOURNEYS OF POLITICAL/SOCIAL/MORAL IMPORTANCE, VIA SOME 2012 OLYMPIC SPIRIT Looking Back. Moving Forward. With James Murphy In a recent post on Twitter/Facebook, the comedian and actor, David Schneider, noted the spirit of joy that ignited in Britain during the Olympic summer...
Podcast Digest: Locating and Listening to the Best Film Related Content