Showing posts with label Andrei Tarkovsky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andrei Tarkovsky. Show all posts
Thursday, July 23, 2026

The Joy of Six 1552

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Alice McCool investigates the web of culture-war connections – from the US Christian right to Viktor Orbán's influence network – that ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Sammy Going South and the morality of employing child actors

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The director of Trouble at Townsend wasn't the only one to have problems with a child star being too well fed. I've read accounts o...
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Sunday, October 27, 2024

The Irrepressibles: Tide

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The Irrepressibles is the name under which the Scarborough-born musician Jamie McDermott works. The Tide come from his first studio album Mi...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Andrei Tarkovsky's Ivan has been sanctioned by the British and American governments

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The later careers of child stars can be an interesting, even tragic, study. Outcomes can vary from being a distinguished art historian ( Jon...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Six of the Best 961

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"A basic income will be the best, fairest and simplest way to safeguard the most vulnerable in society and care for those who need it....
Thursday, October 03, 2019

Six of the Best 886

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"Democracy is not just a tool for making decisions and picking between options, it’s an ongoing process of representation and dialogu...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Six of the Best 876

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"This is the ideal policy – it requires no increase in public spending, but can make a real difference to the lives of low income fam...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Six of the Best 863

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David V. Johnson defends Mill's On Liberty in an age of conspiracy theories. "Several anecdotal reports have highlighted the i...
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Sunday, November 25, 2018

Six of the Best 832

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"More than any other English-language narrative filmmaker, Roeg apprehended Tarkovsky's notion of "sculpting in time" wit...
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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Six of the Best 686

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Theresa May’s hopes of a landslide depend on the how the old industrial towns of northern England vote. That is the conclusion of analysis...
Sunday, March 05, 2017

Six of the Best 672

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Flip Chart Fairy Tales on the decline of 'dad jobs' and why it matters. Kathryn Fox looks at the careers of two early women Li...
Sunday, March 06, 2016

Six of the Best 579

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"Why is it that when Conference supports the leadership it’s binding and an act of disrespect to rebel, but when Conference disagrees...
Thursday, January 08, 2015

Six of the Best 486

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Slogger O'Toole offers a host of reasons why the rise of referendums in British politics should be resisted. "The former minin...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Six of the Best 264

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Photo: Julian Osley "Popular opinion is much more (small ‘l’) liberal than is commonly supposed. It turns out that most of us can r...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Six of the Best 109

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Northern Neil reports from the front line in Oldham East and Saddleworth: "The seat is a fascinating mix people with rich and poor, ru...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

All Tarkovsky's films are free online

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Open Culture brings the welcome news that all of Andrei Tarkovsky's films can now be watched online: Shot between 1962 and 1986, Tar...
Sunday, October 04, 2009

David Lean in Close-Up with Jonathan Ross

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On the BBC website now. Coming soon: Chris Moyles on Andrei Tarkovsky.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Bergman slams Antonioni shock

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Two great film directors - Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni - have died in recent days. But how did they get on? An article in ...
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