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OFCS 2017 awards winners announced

Thu, Dec 28, 2017
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Get Out wins Best Film and Best Original Screenplay. Call Me by Your Name, Dunkirk, and Three Billboards also take two awards each.

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I’m on BBC Radio 4’s “Front Row” this Friday, December 22nd

Wed, Dec 20, 2017
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My reach into the BBC is expanding!

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I’m doing National Novel Writing Month! (updated)

Fri, Dec 01, 2017
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My book is tentatively entitled The Righteous Guild Conspiracy, and it’s a Dan Brown–style mystery adventure set on a human-inhabited planet that is not Earth.

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I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this Sunday, November 12th

Fri, Nov 10, 2017
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I am back for more! They like me at “The Arts Hour”! They really like me!

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Berlin movie posters

Fri, Oct 20, 2017
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I’m on a short break in Berlin to recover from the marathon of London Film Festival. Here’s a taste of movie Berlin.

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I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this Sunday, October 15th

Fri, Oct 13, 2017
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We’ll be talking about the London Film Festival, which wraps up this weekend.

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Happy Hobbit Day!

Fri, Sep 22, 2017
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Today is the birthday of both Frodo and Bilbo Baggins.

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give $1, just once, for Flick Filosopher’s 20th anniversary

Fri, Sep 08, 2017
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As Groucho Marx or Mae West or Mark Twain or someone else once said: “If I’d known I was gonna live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”

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I am AWFJ’s Spotlight profile for September

Fri, Sep 01, 2017
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It’s in honor of FlickFilosopher.com’s 20th anniversary this month.

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I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” on Sunday July 30th

Fri, Jul 28, 2017
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We’ll be talking about Dunkirk, The Beguiled, The Big Sick, and lots of other artsy stuff.

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