THE DAVID PARKINSON FILM BLOG

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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

Dec 29, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (29/12/2023)

(Top 10 of 2023) Selecting a Top 10 at the end of a year is a tricky business. Some years, it's difficult to find 10 titles worth...

David Parkinson

Dec 22, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (22/12/2023)

(Reviews of The Boy and the Heron; Tchaikovsky's Wife; Cats in the Museum; Raging Grace; There's Something in the Barn; and Teddy's...

David Parkinson

Dec 15, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (15/12/2023)

(Reviews of Earth Mama; Every Body; Monica; The Lost Boys; and Band Four) EARTH MAMA. Having told the stories of five women from...

David Parkinson

Dec 8, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (8/12/2023)

(Reviews of John Lennon: Murder Without Trial; Trenque Lauquen; Smyrna; Tarrac; and A Stitch in Time) JOHN LENNON: MURDER WITHOUT TRIAL....

David Parkinson

Dec 1, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (1/12/2023)

(Reviews of The Eternal Daughter; Tótem; Queendom; Femme; and Battle Over Britain) THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER. Having revisited her own past...

David Parkinson

Nov 24, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (24/11/2023)

(Reviews of Lost in the Night; Time Still Turns the Pages; Tish; and Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything) LOST IN THE NIGHT. It's...

David Parkinson

Nov 17, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (17/11/2023)

(Reviews of Anatomy of a Fall; Driving Madeleine; Give Me Pity!; Is There Anybody Out There?; and The Mission) ANATOMY OF A FALL. Having...

David Parkinson

Nov 10, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (10/11/2023)

(Reviews of A Forgotten Man; Umberto Eco: A Library of the World; Seaside Special; Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn; and I Am Urban) A...

David Parkinson

Nov 3, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (3/11/2023)

(Reviews of On The Adamant; Typist Artist Pirate King; Nobody Has to Know; The Bystanders; and The Undertaker) ON THE ADAMANT. For his...

David Parkinson

Oct 29, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (29/10/2023)

(Review of Exhibition on Screen: Klimt & The Kiss) EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: KLIMT & THE KISS. There's no shortage of films about Gustav...

David Parkinson

Oct 27, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (27/10/2023)

(Reviews of The First Day of My Life; Doctor Jekyll; It Lives Inside; Suitable Flesh; Beyond Utopia; and Savage Waters) THE FIRST DAY OF...

David Parkinson

Oct 20, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (20/10/2023)

(Reviews of Our River...Our Sky; Night of the Hunted; and A Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express) OUR RIVER...OUR SKY. Since debuting with...

David Parkinson

Oct 13, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (13/10/2023)

(Reviews of Cassius X: Becoming Ali; Smoke Sauna Sisterhood; and Daliland) CASSIUS X: BECOMING ALI. There have been a number of...

David Parkinson

Oct 13, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (13/10/2023)

(An overview of the 67th BFI London Film Festival, 4-15 October) Running between 4-15 October, the 67th BFI London Film Festival presents...

David Parkinson

Oct 6, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (6/10/2023)

[Reviews of Golda; Mind-Set; and Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories)] GOLDA. In 1982, Swede Ingrid Bergman and...

David Parkinson

Sep 29, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (29/9/2023)

(Reviews of Surprised By Oxford; and A Year in a Field) SURPRISED BY OXFORD. Christian cinema has a bad reputation with non-believers,...

David Parkinson

Sep 27, 2023

In Cinemas (27/9/2023)

(A Letter to The Guardian) Dear Sir or Madam While accepting that your Pass Notes articles are supposed to be a bit of snarky fun,...

David Parkinson

Sep 22, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (22/9/2023)

(Reviews of R.M.N.; Bolan's Shoes; AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex; Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Like Me; The...

David Parkinson

Sep 15, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (15/9/2023)

(Reviews of Love Life; Fremont; Brother; The Nettle Dress; Rally Road Racers; and KICK OUT! - The Newtown Neurotics Story) LOVE LIFE....

David Parkinson

Sep 8, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (8/9/2023)

(Reviews of Once Upon a Time in Uganda; A Life on the Farm; No More Bets; and Man on the Run) ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA. There have been...

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