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

Oct 9, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (9/10/2020)

(Part One of an overview of the 64th BFI London Film Festival) The BFI deserves a huge amount of credit for curating the 64th London Film...

David Parkinson

Oct 9, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (9/10/2020)

(Review of The Widow's Last) Hailing from New Zealand, Vanessa Perdriau has been on quite a journey. Graduating from the Met Film School,...

David Parkinson

Oct 2, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (2/10/2020)

(Reviews of Southern Journey (Revisited); 23 Walks; I Used to Go Here; and Two Heads Creek) The majority of cinemas may be closed during...

David Parkinson

Sep 25, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (25/9/2020)

(Reviews of Enola Holmes; Babyteeth; She Dies Tomorrow; Bulletproof; Rebuilding Paradise; and Hendrix and the Spook) The majority of...

David Parkinson

Sep 25, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (25/9/2020)

(Review of Matisse: From MOMA & Tate Modern) Back in 2014, the Museum of Modern Art in New York staged a groundbreaking exhibition to...

David Parkinson

Sep 25, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (25/9/2020)

(Overview of the 16th London Spanish Film Festival) The autumn is usually a busy time for festivals. But Covid 19 has depleted the...

David Parkinson

Sep 18, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (18/9/2020)

(Reviews of The Lady in the Portrait; The Eight Hundred; Barking Dogs Never Bite; Memories of Murder; and Max Richter's Sleep) The...

David Parkinson

Sep 11, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (11/9/2020)

(Reviews of Les Misérables; Young Ahmed; Matthias & Maxime; Perfumes; and Around the Sun) The majority of cinemas may be closed during...

David Parkinson

Sep 4, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (4/9/2020)

(Reviews of Coup 53; Ava; Papicha; The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful; The Vigil; and Away) The majority of cinemas may be closed...

David Parkinson

Aug 28, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (28/8/2020)

(Reviews of The Invincibles; The Lost Prince; Wonders in the Suburbs; The Good Girls; Again Once Again; Fragile As the World; All...

David Parkinson

Aug 21, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (21/8/2020)

(Reviews of Pinocchio; The Assistant; Yes, God, Yes; and My Rembrandt) The majority of cinemas may be closed during these enduringly...

David Parkinson

Aug 14, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (14/8/2020)

(Reviews of Casting; Giraffe; Echo; Endings, Beginnings; Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal; The Living Thames; Once Were Brothers: Robbie...

David Parkinson

Aug 7, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (7/8/2020)

(Reviews of The Mark Jenkin Short Film Collection; Make Up; Life With Music; In Her Hands; Perfect 10; A White, White Day; Spy...

David Parkinson

Jul 31, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (31/7/2020)

(Reviews of A Russian Youth; Beanpole; The Traitor; Parasite (b/w); We; Infamous; Stage Mother; and Last and First Men) Cinemas may be...

David Parkinson

Jul 24, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (24/7/2020)

(Reviews of The Portuguese Woman; Ghosts of War; Clemency; Alice; Love Sarah; and Dreambuilders) Cinemas may be closed during these...

David Parkinson

Jul 17, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (17/7/2020)

(Reviews of Good Manners; And the Birds Rained Down; White Lie; This Is Not a Movie; and Film Title Poem) Cinemas may be closed during...

David Parkinson

Jul 10, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (10/7/2020)

(Reviews of Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles; Litigante; Saint Frances; Lab Rat; The Dead and the Others; One Day in the Life of...

David Parkinson

Jul 3, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (3/7/2020)

(Reviews of Fanny Lye Deliver'd; The Spy; Shepherd: The Hero Dog; Anne At 13,000 Feet; and Carmine Street Guitars) Cinemas may be closed...

David Parkinson

Jun 26, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (26/6/2020)

(Reviews of The Girl With a Bracelet; Resistance; Radioactive; MS Slavic 7; The Wishmas Tree; The Booksellers; and Messi) Cinemas may be...

David Parkinson

Jun 19, 2020

Parky At the Pictures (19/6/2020)

(Reviews of Joan of Arc; The Ground Beneath My Feet; Lynn + Lucy; On a Magical Night; The Wretched; The Fanatic; Cinema Rex; and Baby...

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