MIKE WESTBROOK OBE
Patron of The Blake Society
It is with great sadness that The Blake Society announces the death of our Patron, the unparalleled musician and composer, Mike Westbrook (OBE). Regarded as one of the most important luminaries in the jazz world, Westbrook collaborated with…
My dog just made an entrance into the room I can only describe as Tony Jaa.
Cary Grant in the poster for Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.
This year's Valentine's film.
PLUS... It also includes a piece by me on, duh-duh-duh, The Two Christmas Slashers That Keep Coming Back!
Best read before Epiphany, then keep it in your stocking till next year. Ho ho ho and a happy New Year!
Out now! Catch an end-of-year special of FILMHOUNDS Magazine, where a fantastic bunch bring you the top films of 2025! It's a year that really warmed up as this free edition shows...
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/12/film...
We're all waiting for high tide in Bosham.
When in Italy.
Got on the wrong train in Naples and have gone to Pompeii by mistake.
Just told my first joke in Italian (una piccola risata).
It's all 'Eurovision prep' ...
Cinco de Mayo round these parts. Hard to tell my mezcal from my tequila by now.
Cold in London, so there's still hope winter fans.
There were blue skies in my city today... Under the Westway.
This year's Valentine's movie (in Vistavision)
Haunting an old Thames walk at the weekend.
Feast of the Seven Fishes. A pretty good tradition to be co-opted into.
London before Christmas.
Confirmation McCartney got back.
A fine and close year for the #TurnerPrize.
For me, it's a tie between Pio Abad's emotional and layered interrogation of Western narrative and Delaine Le Bas's journey through a sprawling psychic landscape
That's the evening. Happy Thanksgiving.
Manhattan accents (November 2024)
A Manhattan rooftop warercooler in pastel shades.
In-between electric billboards on Times Square.
Wicked Lego by NBC.
Don't walk Manhattan
Manhattan colors (November 2024)
Hoboken hipster.
At a New Jersey wedding. No trilby but still #LifeGoals
Trapped* in the damp and haunted corridors of Theatre Royal Drury Lane today.
*i.e. Dawdled. Highly recommend the very entertaining tour!
Years ago, I first caught Amadeus at CIFF, on a late summer Sunday morning. I suspect everyone remembers the first time they see Forman's masterpiece on the big screen.
It feels like a symphonic cycle is complete.
Just caught (very belatedly) Immortal Beloved - another distinctive Bernard Rose picture to add to the list. There's an irresistible, soft and melancholy romanticism running through his films it took me far too long to fully appreciate - eagerly await Lear, Rex.
It was an honour (bloody pleasure) to be a submission judge for this year's Chichester Film Festival.
The usual fantastic selection of world and classic cinema, with plenty of hidden gems, playing until the end of the month if you're near. chichesterfilmfestival.co.uk/chronologica...
