I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” on New Year’s Day
We’ll be talking about the best movies about the year, actors’ terrible onscreen accents, unsung production heroes of cinema, and a lot more.
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curated: a sneak peek at the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas special
Oh, Doctor Who, I wish I could quit you.
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie review: grab the Bolly, darling
Sends up one-upwomanship, egotistical self-help, and reflexive hedonism with zing. It is a sheer triumph to see two older women being really funny onscreen.
Hannibal: the thrill is the terror, and the terror is the thrill
Perverse. Completely perverse. And completely seductive. Do I love it, or is it evil? Is it a wrong thing if it’s both?
War Book movie review: the fate of humanity
Riveting, terrifying, and unafraid to confront its own quiet horror. One of the most important movies ever about nuclear weapons and modern governance.
a few thoughts on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (and open thread)
It’s all very grubby… which is brilliant.
Rosewater movie review (London Film Festival)
Jon Stewart’s first film is passionate and principled, as I expected, but also hopeful, almost serene, and even gently amusing, which I did not.
London photo: the BBC’s glass house
The new glass extension to the old Art Deco BBC London HQ I featured yesterday…
London photo: Art Deco airwaves
The BBC’s Broadcasting House, its London HQ, near Oxford Circus.
does spaghetti grow on trees? check out this classic BBC News report
Apparently this fooled a lot of viewers, and some people consider this the best April Fools joke ever.
