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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
Mar 20, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (20/3/2020)

(Reviews of The Truth; Dogs Don't Wear Pants; The Great Buster: A Celebration; and Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am) Cinemas may be closed...

David Parkinson
Mar 13, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (13/3/2020)

(Reviews of Bacurau; Calm With Horses; And Then We Danced; Sea Without Shore; and Immortal Hero) BACURAU. Richard Connell's short story,...

David Parkinson
Mar 6, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (6/3/2020)

(Reviews of Vitalina Varela; Escape From Pretoria; Sulphur and White; and Women's Day) VITALINA VARELA. There's no point in pretending...

David Parkinson
Mar 4, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (4/3/2020)

(An overview of the 10th Made in Italy weekend, which is showing at the Ciné Lumière in London between 4-8 March) It's hard to believe...

David Parkinson
Feb 28, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (28/2/2020)

(Reviews of Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Waiting For Anya; True Story of the Kelly Gang; Villain; and Push) PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE....

David Parkinson
Feb 21, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (21/2/2020)

(Reviews of First Love; Little Joe; End of the Century; Incidental Characters; Il Campione; and Midnight Family) FIRST LOVE. The...

David Parkinson
Feb 14, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (14/2/2020)

(Reviews of Mr Jones; A Paris Education; Spycies; When Lambs Become Lions; and Eminent Monsters) MR JONES. From the moment that Oxford...

David Parkinson
Feb 7, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (7/2/2020)

(Reviews of Parasite; Daniel Isn't Real; Le Grand Voyage; and Plus One) PARASITE. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho is not one to repeat...

David Parkinson
Jan 31, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (31/1/2020)

(Reviews of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote; Talking About Trees; Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall; and Everything: The Real...

David Parkinson
Jan 24, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (24/1/2020)

(Reviews of Drive Me Home; No Fathers In Kashmir; #Anne Frank: Parallel Stories; Midnight Traveler; and Present. Perfect) DRIVE ME HOME....

David Parkinson
Jan 17, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (17/1/2020)

(Reviews of Lullaby; Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché; Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait) LULLABY. What do you do when the...

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...

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