Introduction to ‘Rome Open City’ – 9th February at BFI Southbank

Roberto Rossellini’s Rome Open City is the first great epic of Italian Neorealism. Seventy years on, the movement still survives.…

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An introduction to Ozu’s ‘Late Spring’ at the BFI South Bank, Dec 8th

According to the lists of 10 and 100 best films the world is a small place consisting primarily of the…

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Some of the Palestinians

I landed in Beirut with my wife and young family on 19 April 1974 to take up my appointment as…

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Wojciech Smarzowski’s ‘Rose’ sparks a debate at the BFI

I recently  took part in a panel discussion on Wojciech Smarzowski’s 2011 war drama ‘Rose’ which was screened as part…

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