THE DAVID PARKINSON FILM BLOG

From Méliès to Marvel

David Parkinson has been a film critic and historian for 35 years. In addition to such books as A History of Film (Thames & Hudson) and 100 Ideas That Changed Film (Laurence King), he has also written for Radio Times, The Guardian, Sight and Sound, the Oxford Times, Heat, Metro and Empire, where he is a contributing editor. As well as the BFI website, he has also contributed to such online outlets as MovieMail, Cinema Paradiso, Reader's Digest, BBC Bitesize, Films in Focus, Network on Air and the Official Kenneth More website. He is also a film and media adviser to the Dictionary of National Biography and has been a member of the London Critics' Circle since 1996.

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7 hours ago

Parky At the Pictures (3/10/2025)

(Reviews of Paul & Paulette Take a Bath; Better Days; and A Night Like This) PAUL & PAULETTE TAKE A BATH. It has always baffled why film...

David Parkinson

Sep 26

Parky At the Pictures (26/9/2025)

(Reviews of Happyend) HAPPYEND. Having captured his father's farewell performance in the deeply moving documentary, Ryuichi Sakamoto:...

David Parkinson

Sep 19

Parky At the Pictures (19/12/2025)

(Reviews of Big Boys; Ebony & Ivory; and Dogs At the Opera) BIG BOYS. Corey Sherman has spent a decade making shorts such as Life-ish...

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Sep 12

Parky At the Pictures (12/9/2025)

(Reviews of Christy; and Islands) CHRISTY. A very different Cork to the one seen in Peter Foott's The Young Offenders (2016) and its...

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Sep 5

Parky At the Pictures (5/9/2025)

(Reviews of Sorry, Baby; and Row) SORRY, BABY. Encouraged by Moonlight director, Barry Jenkins, Eva Victor wrote their directorial debut...

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Aug 29

Parky At the Pictures (29/8/2025)

(Reviews of Measures For a Funeral; Little Trouble Girls; and In the Nguyen Kitchen) MEASURES FOR A FUNERAL. Deragh Campbell has played...

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Aug 22

Parky At the Pictures (22/8/2025)

(Reviews of The Regulars; The Ceremony; Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods; and Super-Charlie) THE REGULARS. Anyone hearing that Fil...

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Aug 15

Parky At the Pictures (15/8/2025)

(Reviews of The Kingdom; and Heidi: Rescue of the Lynx) THE KINGDOM. Two very different sides of Corsica emerge in Jean-François Richet's...

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Aug 8

Parky At the Pictures (8/8/2025)

(Reviews of Late Shift; 40 Acres; and Young Hearts) LATE SHIFT. Swiss director Petra Volpe has been making films since the turn of the...

David Parkinson

Aug 1

Parky At the Pictures (1/8/2025)

(Reviews of What Does That Nature Say to You; Oslo Stories Trilogy: Dreams; and Savages) WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU. The greatest...

David Parkinson

Jul 25

Parky At the Pictures (25/7/2025)

(Reviews of Dying; and Zero) DYING. German director Matthias Glasner and actress Corinna Harfouch go back a long way. She took the lead...

David Parkinson

Jul 18

Parky At the Pictures (18/7/2025)

(Reviews of Four Letters of Love; and The Road to Patagonia) FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE. Having previously explored the complexities of love...

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Jul 11

Parky At the Pictures (11/7/2025)

(Reviews of The Other Way Round; The Shrouds; and Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness) THE OTHER WAY ROUND. The Truebas are the first...

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Jul 4

Parky At the Pictures (4/7/2025)

(Reviews of An Ordinary Case; and Jungle Trouble) AN ORDINARY CASE. There's something of an overlap between Daniel Auteuil and the...

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Jun 27

Parky At the Pictures (27/6/2025)

(Reviews of From Hilde, With Love; Red Path; Chicken Town; and Sudan, Remember Us) FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE. Several critics have noted the...

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Jun 20

Parky At the Pictures (20/6/2025)

(Reviews of Jane Austen Wrecked My Life; The Last Journey; A Sip of Irish; and Holloway) JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE. Considering that 16...

David Parkinson

Jun 13

Parky At the Pictures (13/6/2025)

(Reviews of Sister Midnight; Protein; and Big Star: The Nick Skelton Story) SISTER MIDNIGHT. London-based film-maker Karan Kandhari makes...

David Parkinson

Jun 6

Parky At the Pictures (6/6/2025)

(Reviews of Goebbels and the Fuhrer; Three Friends; and Falling into Place) GOEBBELS AND THE FÜHRER. One of the most potent scenes in...

David Parkinson

May 30

Parky At the Pictures (30/5/2025)

(Reviews of Along Came Love; and Bogancloch) ALONG CAME LOVE. Born into a Breton family living in Ivory Coast, Katell Quillévéré earned a...

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May 23

Parky At the Pictures (23/5/2025)

(Reviews of Mongrel; When the Light Breaks; Berlinguer: La Grande Ambizione; and Make It to Munich) MONGREL. Born in Singapore, but based...

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