The Death Of Guy Fawkes
The Death Of Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes, 1605, plotted to blow up Parliament - his reasons were religious or something - he was Catholic - or Protestant - malcontent –…
The V&A’s Decode, Dreaming The Future Of Digital Media
(originally printed in Videography magazine, Feb. 2010) London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, generally acknowledged as the world’s largest institution of decorative arts and design, was founded by Queen Victoria in…
Netflix Yes; LOVEFiLM nO
It was a no-brainer to put Netflix in my 2005 list, "10 Things I Love About The Film Industry".Netflix really has been revolutionary. By making virtually any DVD available on…
Sorry, Your Filmic Majesty
Alright, I apologize for saying that Britain has no film industry. I realize that must have been very hurtful to Britain. And, let's face it, it's my own arrogance and…
Britain Shoots Itself
Why doesn't Britain have a film industry?"Oh, it has a film industry!" you say, "What about Danny Boyle and that other guy and Helen Mirren?"Remember when David Puttnam said "The…
Camera Testing
HD camera shoot out on Shepperton's Stage E - with free beer and sausage rolls.
10 Words Never Used By The Queen
Yesterday was Her Majesty The Queen's 103rd birthday."The Queen of what?" you ask."Why, the QUEEN!" I answer indignantly. "The QUEEN! The Queen of all of us! Queen Elizabeth II of…
Archers Manifesto
Emeric Pressburger wrote a letter to persuade Deborah Kerr to appear in "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" (1943). Thank God, he succeeded. In the letter he laid out…