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 24, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (24/1/2023)

(Review of What You Leave Behind by Nick Pourgourides) Family clearly means a lot to Nick Pourgourides. Memories of watching old films...

David Parkinson

Jan 20, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (20/1/2023)

(Reviews of The Substitute; Nascondino; and Dreaming Walls) THE SUBSTITUTE. Argentinian director made a fine impression with his debut...

David Parkinson

Jan 13, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (13/1/2023)

(Reviews of The Old Way; Nocebo; and The Enforcer) THE OLD WAY. Brett Donowho's The Old Way is being billed as Nicolas Cage's `first...

David Parkinson

Jan 6, 2023

Parky At the Pictures (6/1/2023)

(Reviews of Piggy; and Alcarràs) PIGGY. If Julia Ducournau set out to make a mash-up of Catherine Breillat's À ma Sœur! (2001) and Brian...

David Parkinson

Dec 31, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (31/12/2022)

(An overdue overview of some of the films that screened at the 66th BFI London Film Festival) Another London Film Festival has been and...

David Parkinson

Dec 30, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (30/12/2022)

(Top 10 Films of 2022) And so, we come to the end of another cinematic year. It's not been the best. Too many moderate titles have been...

David Parkinson

Dec 23, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (23/12/2022)

(Review of Corsage) The Empress Elisabeth of Austria was assassinated in Geneva three years after motion pictures first went on public...

David Parkinson

Dec 16, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (16/12/2022)

(Reviews of Lionesses: How Football Came Home; A Bunch of Amateurs; and The Felling) LIONESSES: HOW FOOTBALL CAME HOME. Regular listeners...

David Parkinson

Dec 9, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (9/12/2022)

(Reviews of Rimini; L'Ombra del Giorno; Mr Bachman and His Class; and Anonymous Club) RIMINI. Controversy has shrouded Ulrich Seidl's...

David Parkinson

Dec 2, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (2/12/2022)

(Reviews of Three Minutes: A Lengthening; Hidden Letters; Lynch/Oz; and India Sweets and Spices) THREE MINUTES: A LENGTHENING. David...

David Parkinson

Nov 30, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (30/11/2022)

(An overview of 30th French Film Festival) Always one of the highlights of the autumnal film calendar, the French Film Festival has...

David Parkinson

Nov 25, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (25/11/2022)

(Reviews of Utama; What Do We See When We Look At the Sky?; Amaryllis; Three Day Millionaire; and Hong Kong: City on Fire) UTAMA. What a...

David Parkinson

Nov 18, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (18/11/2022)

(An overview of the films showing at the 26th Made in Prague Festival) Now in its 26th edition, Made in Prague is a celebration of all...

David Parkinson

Nov 11, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (11/11/2022)

(Reviews of Retrograde; and KANAVAL: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters) RETROGRADE. Never let it be said that documentarist...

David Parkinson

Nov 4, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (4/11/2022)

(Reviews of Hunt; Return to Dust; Neptune Frost; My Neighbour, Adolf; and Good Night Oppy) HUNT. `Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown,' Joe...

David Parkinson

Oct 28, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (28/10/2022)

(Reviews of Hilma; Hounded; and Sound For the Future) HILMA. Anyone seeking to compile a Top 10 of films about women artists should have...

David Parkinson

Oct 21, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (21/10/2022)

(Reviews of The Gravedigger's Wife; Confetti; and Big vs Small) THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE. Born in Mogadishu, but long resident in Finland,...

David Parkinson

Oct 14, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (14/10/2022)

(Review of Hopper: An American Love Story) Over the years, the excellent Exhibition on Screen series has chronicled the major shows...

David Parkinson

Oct 14, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (14/10/2022)

(Reviews of Tomorrow Morning; In From the Side; and All That Breathes) TOMORROW MORNING. Laurence Mark Whyte's 2008 musical, Tomorrow...

David Parkinson

Oct 7, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (7/10/2022)

(Reviews of After Blue (Dirty Paradise); Róise & Frank; Pure Grit; and The Cordillera of Dreams) AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE). Underground...

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