Category Archives: Film

19 October 2026

October newsletter: Stop the Presses, The Anxious Generation and Toys in the Attic

Photos: Classiq Journal “The diffusion of digital technology into children’s lives has been like smoke pouring into our homes. We all see that something strange is happening, but we don’t understand it. We fear that smoke is … Read More →

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12 October 2026

Read instead…in print #45: John Huston by Lillian Ross

“Beautiful journalism”, John Huston said about Picture, Lillian Ross’s reporting of the making of his The Red Badge of Courage. No stylistic flourishing, no gratuitous metaphors, no speculation or gossip, just clarity and simplicity, a probing insight into filmmaking. … Read More →

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1 October 2026

Editorial: Make them laugh

Louis de Funès and Bourvil in “La grande vadrouille”, 1966, directed by Gérard Oury. Les Films Corona, The Rank Organisation The Editorial: thoughts, short stories or essays about the world of cinema It’s 1942. Three Royal Air Force … Read More →

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19 September 2026

September newsletter: The Paper, T.O.C. Marseille, and Wolf by the River

Photos: Classiq Journal (left), Caesar Equipment (right) “We are shaped by our childhoods, and my childhood wasn’t about airplane trips. I flew for the first time when I was 17 years old. I rarely travelled outside Sweden. My summers … Read More →

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5 September 2026

Read instead…in print #44: Sydney Pollack Collected Interviews

Throughout the years, Three Days of the Condor has become one of my favourite films, a film that works within the thriller genre, but what distances it from tradition is something personal, and the fact that it is deeply … Read More →

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