THE DAVID PARKINSON FILM BLOG

(Reviews of Cowboys; Fried Barry; Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb; Some Kind of Heaven; and House of Cardin) So, here we are. The last...

(Reviews of Charlatan; I Blame Society; Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies; and Henry Glassie: Field Work) In an ideal world (whatever...

(Reviews of Labyrinth of Cinema; The Last Photograph; The Reckoning; The Banishing; and Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation)...

(Reviews of Black Bear; Songs My Brothers Taught Me; True Mothers; The Drifters; Sequin in a Blue Room; Sisters With Transistors; and...

(An overview of the 11th edition of Cinema Made in Italy, which is streaming on MUBI between 16-29 April) One of the few positives about...

(Reviews of The Mauritanian; Why Don't You Just Die!; Nemesis; Turu, the Wacky Hen; and Tina) Despite the relaxation of the odd outdoor...

(Reviews of Stray; Ammonite; Justine; The Columnist; The Owners; and Willy's Wonderland) Despite the relaxation of the odd outdoor...

(Musings on a few forgotten musicals) It's been a busy week writing for people who give me money, so it's not been possible to devote...

(An overview of the 35th BFI Flare LGBTIQ+ Film Festival running on the BFI Player between 17-28 March) One of the few plus points of the...

[Reviews of My Donkey, My Lover & I; Eye of the Storm; and Iorram (Night Song)] We are to stuck in Lockdown 3 for a few more weeks yet....

(Reviews of Home Front; In Bed With Victoria; Love Affair(s); Mama Weed; Night Shift; and The Translators) With cinemas still closed for...

(Reviews of Slalom; Simple Passion; Blush; White Colour Black; Zappa; and IWOW: I Walk on Water) Seemingly, we are to remain in Lockdown...

(Reviews of Dear Comrades!; Uppercase Print; To Olivia; I Care a Lot; Music; and Pelé) So, we remain in the depths of Lockdown 3. This...

(Reviews of PVT CHAT; For the Time Being; Collective; Dick Johnson Is Dead; and Cenote) So, we remain in the depths of Lockdown 3. This...

(Reviews of News of the World; The Dig; I'm Your Woman; A Glitch in the Matrix; The Capote Tapes; and Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in...

(Reviews of Beginning; Ham on Rye; The Prom; Dead Pigs; Sputnik; Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale; One Night in Miami...; and David Byrne's...

(Reviews of 76 Days; Assassins; Persian Lessons; The Exception; and Blithe Spirit) So, here we are in Lockdown 3. This means that cinemas...

(Reviews of MLK/FBI; The Forty-Year-Old Version; and Never Rarely Sometimes Always) So, here we are in Lockdown 3. This means that...

(Reviews of The Riflemen; La Llorona; Song Without a Name; Cocoon; The Elfkins; and One Man and His Shoes) So, here we are in Lockdown 3....

(Reviews of Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets; Carmilla; Eternal Beauty; Family Romance, LLC; I Am Woman; Koko-di Koko-da; Miss Juneteenth;...