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

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...

David Parkinson

Sep 1, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (1/9/2023)

(Reviews of Maigret; Klokkenluider; And Then Come the Nightjars; Anchorage; Otto Baxter: Not A Fucking Horror Story; The Puppet Asylum;...

David Parkinson

Aug 25, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (25/8/2023)

(Reviews of The Innocent; L'Immensita; Scrapper; The Dive; The Red Shoes: Next Step; and Mob Land) THE INNOCENT. As the son of one of the...

David Parkinson

Aug 11, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (18/8/2023)

(Review of Variety [1983]; and Lie With Me) VARIETY. In her outstanding 2009 documentary, Blank City, Celine Danhier captured the mood in...

David Parkinson

Aug 11, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (11/8/2023)

(Summer holiday special reviews of Puffin Rock and the New Friends; Just Super; and Katak: The Brave Beluga) PUFFIN ROCK AND THE NEW...

David Parkinson

Aug 4, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (4/8/2023)

(Reviews of Paris Memories; and Kokomo City) PARIS MEMORIES. The events of 13 November 2015 left deep scars on France and the aftermath...

David Parkinson

Jul 28, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (28/7/2023)

Reviews of Mavka:The Forest Song; The Secret Kingdom; and Baato) MAVKA: THE FOREST SONG. Ninety-seven years ago, Ukraine's first...

David Parkinson

Jul 21, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (21/7/2023)

(Reviews of My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock; and Where Is This Street? or With No Before and After ) MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK. In 1999,...

David Parkinson

Jul 14, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (14/7/2023)

(Reviews of Lost in the Stars; A Kind of Kidnapping; and Pinocchio: A True Story) LOST IN THE STARS. (Spoiler Alert - requested by...

David Parkinson

Jul 7, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (7/7/2023)

(Reviews of Smoking Causes Coughing; Name Me Lawand; The Damned Don't Cry; Small, Slow But Steady; and Big George Foreman) SMOKING CAUSES...

David Parkinson

Jul 1, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (1/7/2023)

(An overview of the 8th Safar Film Festival) The Safar Film Festival was founded by the Arab British Centre. It's the UK's largest event...

David Parkinson

Jun 30, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (30/6/2023)

(Reviews of The Super 8 Years; Mother and Son; To Nowhere; Hello, Bookstore; and My Extinction) THE SUPER 8 YEARS. Anyone pining for the...

David Parkinson

Jun 23, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (23/6/2023)

(Reviews of Amanda; Pretty Red Dress; Santa Lucia; The Last Rider; and My Imaginary Country) AMANDA. Echoes of Miranda July, Noah...

David Parkinson

Jun 16, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (16/6/2023)

(Reviews of Greatest Days; You Can Live Forever; and Inland) GREATEST DAYS. They may not be mentioned by name, but Take That are crucial...

David Parkinson

Jun 9, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (9/6/2023)

(Reviews of War Pony; Reality; Carmen; Love Without Walls; and Una Squadra) WAR PONY. The harshness of life on the Pine Ridge Reservation...

David Parkinson

Jun 2, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (2/6/2023)

(Reviews of Mad About The Boy: The Noël Coward Story; Wait For Me; and The Old Man Movie: Lactopalypse) MAD ABOUT THE BOY: THE NOËL...

David Parkinson

May 26, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (26/5/2023)

(Reviews of Master Gardener; My Fairy Troublemaker; and A Crack in the Mountain) MASTER GARDENER. The anti-hero looms large in the legacy...

David Parkinson

May 23, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (23/5/2023)

(Review of Exhibition on Film: Tokyo Stories) TOKYO STORIES. It's four years since David Bickerstaff took Exhibition on Screen to Asia...

David Parkinson

May 19, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (19/5/2023)

(Reviews of Under the Fig Trees; and The Other Fellow) UNDER THE FIG TREES. Writer-editor Ghalya Lacroix collaborated with...

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