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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David Parkinson

Jan 10, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (10/1/2020)

(Reviews of The Runaways; Heimat Is a Space in Time; and Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters) THE RUNAWAYS. Richard Heap has...

David Parkinson

Jan 3, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (3/1/20200

(Reviews of Amanda; In the Line of Duty; Here For Life; Yves Saint Laurent: The Last Collections) AMANDA. Having found his feet with the...

David Parkinson

Dec 30, 2019

Parky At the Pictures (27/12/2019)

Regular readers from the Other Place might remember that the last week of each year was always devoted to a rambling reflection on the...

David Parkinson

Dec 20, 2019

Parky At the Pictures (20/12/2019)

(Reviews of Long Day's Journey Into Night; Buddies; The Party's Just Beginning; Undocument; The Courier; Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles)...

David Parkinson

Dec 13, 2019

Parky at the Pictures (13/12/2019)

(Reviews of Sons of Denmark; Pink Wall; Citizen K; The Kingmaker; Aquarela; and The Bikes of Wrath) SONS OF DENMARK. Not a day goes by...

David Parkinson

Dec 6, 2019

Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 6/12/2019)

Reviews of So Long, My Son; Don't Stop Me Now; Invasion Planet Earth; StarDog and Turbo Cat; The Biggest Little Farm; The Cave. Shooting...

David Parkinson

Nov 29, 2019

Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 29/11/2019)

Reviews of Atlantics; The Nightingale; Greener Grass; Bangla; The Street; and The Dirty War on the National Health Service ATLANTICS. In...

David Parkinson

Nov 25, 2019

Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 22/11/2019)

Reviews of Ophelia; Judy & Punch; Permission; Cattle Hill; The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil; The Amber Light; and The Amazing Johnathan...

David Parkinson

Nov 18, 2019

Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 15/11/2019)

Reviews of Someone, Somewhere; Little Monsters; Man Made; and A Dog Called Money SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE. Having captured the spirit of...

David Parkinson

Nov 14, 2019

Parky at the Pictures (DVD & Download 14/11/2019)

While the world waits patiently for Mark Cousins's 16-hour opus, Women Making Films: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, the BFI attempts to...

David Parkinson

Nov 13, 2019

Parky at the Pictures - DVD (13/11/2019)

While the world waits patiently for Mark Cousins's 16-hour opus, Women Making Films: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, the BFI attempts to...

David Parkinson

Nov 13, 2019

Parky at the Pictures - Festivals & Seasons (13/10/2019)

We have already taken a look in another place at the galas, competition entries and golden oldies on view until 13 October at the 63rd...

David Parkinson

Nov 13, 2019

Parky at the Pictures - In Cinemas (8/11/2019)

Reviews of After the Wedding; Il Grande Spirito; Framing John DeLorean; Driven; Polar Squad; Meeting Gorbachev; Busby; and Making Waves:...

David Parkinson

Nov 13, 2019

Parky at the Pictures - In Cinemas (1/11/2019)

Reviews of Chained For Life; A Good Woman Is Hard to Find; Beach Bum; What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire; and Campo CHAINED FOR...

David Parkinson

Nov 13, 2019

Parky at the Pictures - In Cinemas (29/10/2019)

Review of Leonardo: The Works Exhibition on Screen has made gallery cinema an art form and it reaches a new level with Leonardo: The...

David Parkinson

Nov 13, 2019

Parky at the Pictures - In Cinemas (25/10/2018)

Reviews of By the Grace of God; Corpus Christi; The Pilgrim's Progress; and Monos BY THE GRACE OF GOD. Two very different films about the...

David Parkinson

Nov 13, 2019

Parky at the Pictures - In Cinemas (18/10/2019)

Reviews of Non-Fiction; Good Posture; Ladyworld; La Flor; Tell Me Who I Am; and Home NON-FICTION. Following a couple of collaborations...

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