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Read Instead…in Print

Cary Grant’s Suit: Nine Movies That Made Me the Wreck I Am Today has humour in it. Just like a good film (that is not a comedy) has humour in it (like Hitchcock’s). Just like life (amidst hardships, tragedy, rises and falls) has humour in it. Todd McEwen writes from a very personal point of view. Movies are truly woven into his life and it’s absolutely thrilling to read how he meanders through some of the movies that have marked him in one way or another. Read More →

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October Newsletter: Raoul Taburin, Wild Strawberries and The Ballad of Mr Jones

In the October newsletter: Raoul Taburin, Wild Strawberries and the Ballad of Mr Jones. Read More →

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Read Instead…in Print

In his book, The World Is Ever Changing, Nicolas Roeg writes one page about his personal life and upbringing, and the rest of the 236 pages about film and filmmaking. I love that. He tells the story of a true visual storyteller, one whose faith in the imagination nullifies all reasoning and who was always “willing to leap into the unknown – that way you’re investing in the future”. Read More →

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September Newsletter: Rattle That Lock, Westerns Music and Writing on Paper

In the September newsletter: Rattle That Lock, Western soundtracks and writing on paper. Read More →

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Read instead…in Print

“It’s only when rehearsals start, and the characters begin to be people, that I see what’s happening and what has to be made stronger. That’s when I begin to have my ideas.” Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris. Read instead…in print Read More →

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