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

Dec 24, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (24/12/2021)

(A Christmas Eve Nordic Special) There's nothing more vulgar than tooting one's own trumpet. But Christmas only comes once a year and...

David Parkinson

Dec 17, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (17/12/2021)

(Part One of the Parky At the Pictures Films of the Year) The years keep rolling by and the time has come for another end-of-year...

David Parkinson

Dec 10, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (10/12/2021)

(Reviews of Drive My Car; Uncle Vanya; Lamb; and Margaux Hartmann) So, here we are again! Normality is in jeopardy once more and...

David Parkinson

Dec 3, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (3/12/2021)

(Reviews of Encounter; Lapwing; Dying to Divorce; and two titles from the 29th French Film Festival - Promises and France) So, here we...

David Parkinson

Nov 30, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (30/11/2021)

(Review of The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin from Exhibition on Screen) Gallery shows might have been among the casualties of...

David Parkinson

Nov 26, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (26/11/2021)

(Reviews of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass; The First Wave; and Rebel Dykes) Even though something approaching normality has...

David Parkinson

Nov 19, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (19/11/2021)

(Reviews of Petite Maman; Volcano; Procession; Dear Future Children; Keyboard Fantasies; and Piano to Zanskar) Even though something...

David Parkinson

Nov 12, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (12/11/2021)

(Reviews of Alida Valli: In Her Own Words; Becoming Cousteau; Arsène Wenger: Invincible; and Dettori) Even though something approaching...

David Parkinson

Nov 10, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (11/11/2021)

(An overview of the 25th Made in Prague Film Festival) The Made in Prague Film Festival celebrates its silver anniversary between 7...

David Parkinson

Nov 5, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (5/11/2021)

(Reviews of Bull; Wildland; Highway One; Men Who Sing; and Congo Calling) Even though something approaching normality has returned, not...

David Parkinson

Oct 29, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (29/10/2021)

(Reviews of The Football Monologues; The Nowhere Inn; We Need to Do Something; The Rescue; and Quant) Even though something approaching...

David Parkinson

Oct 22, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (22/10/2021)

(Reviews of Playlist; The Beta Test; and 16th Romanian Film Festival) Even though something approaching normality has returned, not...

David Parkinson

Oct 22, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (22/10/2021)

(Review of Exhibition on Screen: Raphael Revealed) There has always been something comforting about the Exhibition on Screen series, as...

David Parkinson

Oct 17, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (17/10/2021)

(Reviews of films showing at the 65th BFI London Film Festival - Two Friends; The Dance; Babi Yar. Context; Wood and Water; Users;...

David Parkinson

Oct 15, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (15/10/2021)

(Reviews of films showing at the 65th BFI London Film Festival - Mothers of the Revolution; Omar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence; Les...

David Parkinson

Oct 8, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (8/10/2021)

(Reviews of films showing at the 65th BFI London Film Festival - Memory Box; Brother's Keeper; Money Has Four Legs; Nudo Mixteco; The...

David Parkinson

Oct 1, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (1/10/2021)

(Reviews of Getting Away With Murder(s); Picture Stories; and 17th London Spanish Film Festival) Cinemas are open again. Why else would...

David Parkinson

Sep 24, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (24/9/2021)

(Reviews of True Calling; The Ballad of Billy McCrae; and 2nd Screen & Story Film Festival) Cinemas are open again. But not everyone is...

David Parkinson

Sep 22, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (22/9/2021)

(Review of Alvin Rakoff's memoir, I'm Just the Guy Who Says Action) Canadian Alvin Rakoff was one of the busiest directors of his...

David Parkinson

Sep 17, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (17/9/2021)

(Reviews of Fauci; The War Below; Mandibles; La Cha Cha; Small World; and Eating Our Way to Extinction) Cinemas are open again. But not...

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