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

Apr 29, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (29/4/2022)

(Reviews of Playground; Firebird; Saint-Narcisse; Casablanca Beats; We're All Going to the World's Fair; and The Velvet Queen: Snow...

David Parkinson

Apr 22, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (22/4/2022)

(Reviews of Ennio; Barry & Joan; and The Wall of Shadows) Even if we presume that cinema-going is a thing again, the UK's various...

David Parkinson

Apr 15, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (15/4/2022)

(Reviews of Benedetta; Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle; Navalny; and Charli XCX: Alone Together) Even if we presume that cinema-going...

David Parkinson

Apr 8, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (8/4/2022)

(Reviews of Small Body; True Things; Homebound; You Are Not My Mother; A Night of Knowing Nothing; and All I Can Say) Lord alone knows...

David Parkinson

Apr 1, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (1/4/2022)

(Reviews of The Audition; Coppelia; Broadcast Signal Intrusion; and Rabbit Academy: Mission Eggspossible) Lord alone knows what it's like...

David Parkinson

Apr 1, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (1/4/2022)

(A review of Exhibition on Screen's Easter in Art) The events of Holy Week are central to the mystery of the Christian faith. Visual...

David Parkinson

Mar 25, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (25/3/2022)

(An overview of the features showing at BFI Flare, the 36th London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival) The BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival...

David Parkinson

Mar 18, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (18/3/2022)

(Reviews of Three Floors; Hive; The Chaperone; Followers; The Metamorphosis of Birds; and Rebellion) Lord alone knows what it's like out...

David Parkinson

Mar 11, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (11/3/2022)

(Reviews of Sideshow; A Banquet; The Grief of Others; Young Plato; The Sanctity of Space; and River) Lord alone knows what it's like out...

David Parkinson

Mar 4, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (4/3/2022)

(Reviews of the films showing in the Cinema Made in Italy weekend) Cinema Made in Italy returns to the Ciné Lumière in South Kensington...

David Parkinson

Feb 25, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (25/2/2022)

(Reviews of La Mif; Echoes of the Past; and F@ck This Job) Cinema-going may not be the most straightforward pastime at the moment. But...

David Parkinson

Feb 18, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (18/2/2022)

(Reviews of The Real Charlie Chaplin; Flee; L'Arminuta; and In the Family) Cinema-going may not be the most straightforward pastime at...

David Parkinson

Feb 15, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (15/2/2022)

(Review of Noel Cronin's Reel to Reel: A Life in Film) One of the treats of the working week for many film critics is the quick perusal...

David Parkinson

Feb 11, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (11/2/2022)

(Reviews of Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy; Petrov's Flu; The Justice of Bunny King; The Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand; and The Dance)...

David Parkinson

Feb 4, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (4/2/2022)

(Reviews of The Souvenir: Part Two; Never Too Late; The Waning Mare; A Violent Man; and Belle) Cinema-going may not be the most...

David Parkinson

Jan 28, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (28/1/2022)

(Reviews of Parallel Mothers; Flag Day; Amulet; and Fanny's Journey) Cinema-going may not be the most straightforward pastime at the...

David Parkinson

Jan 21, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (21/1/2022)

(Reviews of Natural Light; Never Gonna Snow Again; Memory Box; Boiling Point; and Torn) Cinema-going may not be the most straightforward...

David Parkinson

Jan 18, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (14/1/2022)

(Reviews of The Hand of God; Swan Song; The Alpinist; and Escape From Extinction) Cinema-going may not be the most straightforward...

David Parkinson

Jan 7, 2022

Parky At the Pictures (7/1/2022)

(Reviews of The Tragedy of Macbeth; Munich: The Edge of War; Titane; Shane; and The Story of Film: A New Generation) How did it get to be...

David Parkinson

Dec 31, 2021

Parky At the Pictures (31/12/2021)

(The second part of the Parky At the Pictures Top 20 of 2020) Few will mistake 2021 for a vintage year for cinema. Many of the reasons...

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