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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.

Parky At the Pictures (17/1/2025)

(Review of Architecton; William Tell; Alone No More; and Panda Bear in Africa) ARCHITECTON. According to Russian documentarist, Victor...

Parky At the Pictures (10/1/2025)

(Review of Vermiglio; and It's Raining Men) VERMIGLIO. Having established herself with the documentaries, Teachers (2008) and Nadea and...

Parky At the Pictures (3/1/2025)

(Review of Rocco and His Brothers) As the BFI teams with Cinecittà to launch a season entitled, Luchino Visconti: Decadence & Decay, the...

Parky At the Pictures (27/12/2024)

(An overview of 2024, with a Top 20 films list) So many critics have declared 2024 to have been a dreadful year for cinema. What have...

Parky At the Pictures (20/12/2024)

(Reviews of Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat) SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT. Belgian multi-media artist, Johan Grimonprez, has acquired a...

Parky At the Pictures (13/12/2024)

(Reviews of Gloria!; and The Bibi Files) GLORIA! It's been quite a year for musicals. In addition to box-office hits like Jon M. Chu's...

Parky At the Pictures (6/12/2024)

(Reviews of Grand Theft Hamlet; The Commander; and Never Look Away) GRAND THEFT HAMLET. For someone who, many moons ago, had redrafted...

Parky At the Pictures (29/11/2024)

(Reviews of Your Monster; and Made in Ethiopia) YOUR MONSTER. Having already drawn on an anguishing personal experience for a 2020 short,...

Parky At the Pictures (22/11/2024)

(Reviews of Liverpool Story; Snow Leopard; Palazzina LAF; Mediha; and The Magic Reindeer: Saving Santa's Sleigh) LIVERPOOL STORY. Having...

Parky At the Pictures (15/11/2024)

(Reviews of Christmas Eve in Miller's Point; The Last Dance; and Memories of a Burning Body) CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT. If Robert...

Parky At the Pictures (8/11/2024)

(Reviews of The Last Front; and The Problem With People) THE LAST FRONT. It's deeply frustrating when film-makers expand a short to...

Parky At the Pictures (1/11/2024)

(A review of Exhibition on Screen - Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers) There is no shortage of films about Vincent Van Gogh. Among the biopics are...

Parky At the Pictures (25/10/2024)

(Reviews of Flaminia; and Rebellious - Mission: Royal Rescue) FLAMINIA. British audiences may not be overly familiar with Michela Giraud....

Parky At the Pictures (18/11/2024)

(Reviews of Kathleen Is Here; Head South; Every Little Thing; and Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands) KATHLEEN IS...

Parky At the Pictures (11/10/2024)

(An overview off the 68th BFI London Film Festival) The 68th BFI London Film Festival runs from 9-20 October at various venues across the...

Parky At the Pictures (11/10/2024)

(Reviews of Timestalker; Portraits of Dangerous Women; Two Minutes; and In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon) TIMESTALKER. Having...

Parky At the Pictures (4/10/2024)

(Reviews of Children of the Cult; Maya and the Wave; Things Will Be Different; and Dragonkeeper) CHILDREN OF THE CULT. Although Maclain...

Parky At the Pictures (27/9/2024)

(Reviews of My Old Ass; A World Apart; The Teacher; and One Hand Clapping) MY OLD ASS. Having made her directorial debut by examining a...

Parky At the Pictures (20/9/2024)

(Reviews of The Goldman Case; Sugarcane; Notes From Sheepland; Reawakening; Goodwin Island; and Astrakan 79) THE GOLDMAN CASE. As France...

Parky At the Pictures (13/9/2024)

(Reviews of My Favourite Cake; In Camera; Sky Peals; The Queen of My Dreams; and Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story) MY ...

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