Showing posts with label Eric Portman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eric Portman. Show all posts
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Colpeper does receive a blessing in A Canterbury Tale after all

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I think I've gained a new understanding of my favourite film. Most commentators take their mark from Mr Colpeper's answering to a qu...
Monday, April 28, 2025

The Wilfred Pickles School for Spastics, Rutland

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No, the name's not something out of Lord Bonkers' Diary: as this video shows, it really existed. The school was at Tixover Grange, w...
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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Dreadzone: A Canterbury Tale

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With the BBC holding a miniature Powell and Pressburger festival these past few days, there's no better choice than this. It did feature...
Monday, November 11, 2024

Eric Portman proposes a murder in West 11

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Before Michael Winner became awful he was rather good. West 11, the postal district of Notting Hill at its seediest, tells the story of a dr...
Friday, September 08, 2023

10 British films that should be better known

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Here are some notes on 10 British films that are not as well known as I think they ought to be. It's not a top 10 - they are in chronolo...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2022

In which I scoop Channel 5's documentary on Leonard Rossiter

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Channel 5 recently screened a superior documentary on the career of Leonard Rossiter - you can watch it on its catch-up service My5. If fea...
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Monday, August 22, 2022

The Canterbury premiere of A Canterbury Tale

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I've been looking at the contemporary reviews of A Canterbury Tale and it's fair to say they are not enthusiastic. But the Faversham...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

West 11: Another early Michael Winner film

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Last time I praised an early Michael Winner film the post was quoted in a book . So here goes again with one he made when he was only 28.. ...
Friday, April 27, 2018

"I feel I've only to turn my head to see them on the road behind me"

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Eric Portman's great speech from A Canterbury Tale. It's a powerful film. I once got a train derailed by taking it lightly. .
Friday, August 27, 2010

Eric Portman and Leonard Rossiter

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A couple of years ago I wrote about the 1967 British film The Whisperers : Besides Edith Evans there is a late performance by Eric Portman. ...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Brit Noir season in New York

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Should you find yourself over in New York over the next few weeks, you may be interested in the Brit Noir season at Film Forum, 209 West Ho...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

TV Film of the Week: Lost

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Though really I should rename this feature Obscure British TV Film of the Week You Probably Won't Have Seen That May be Better Than You ...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Powell and Pressburger week on Channel 4

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Channel 4 is showing a Powell and Pressburger film every afternoon next week. The details are: Monday 1 September 13:00 - The Spy in Black ...
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

TV Film of the Week: Millions Like Us

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Made in 1943, Millions Like Us shows life on the home front during World War II and the contribution made by women to industrial production...
Monday, September 03, 2007

The Colditz Story

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I watched The Colditz Story on your behalf, but I shall not remember it as one of the highlights of the BBC season. There was little shape ...
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Friday, August 31, 2007

Summer of British Film: War

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So it's on to the penultimate week of the festival , which looks at war films. And there is a lot of pleasure to be had. The Life and De...
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Monday, August 13, 2007

The Whisperers

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A dotty old lady imagines that all sorts of crimes are taking place in her neighbourhood and dutifully reports them at her local police sta...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007

Summer of British Film: Social realism

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Let's keep this brief. Another week in the BBC Festival . Am I the only person to dislike Billy Elliot ? It was one of my 10 most overra...
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Sunday, July 09, 2006

A Canterbury Tale

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There is more than one way of getting close to your ancestors. Follow the Old Road and as you do, think of them; they climbed Chillingbourne...