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  I’m a diehard Billy Wilder fan, brought up by a mother who absolutely adored film. Along with my brother, I was introduced at an early age by mama to the likes of Hitchcock, Curtis, Mankiewicz, Hawks, Powell and Pressburger, classic filmmakers who visited our home on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons, making magic in … Continue readings →

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  WE WERE REMINDED OF THE SPLENDOUR OF GEORGE STEVENS’ GIANT the other day when we were reviewing Brown-Eyed Girl, the fourth and final book in Lisa Kleypas’s ‘Travis family’ series. It perhaps may seem odd to link a contemporary romance, albeit a very good one, with an iconic 20th-century film by such a great … Continue readings →

  EDITOR’S CHOICE As well as one of our favourite books ever, Harper Lee’s magnificent To Kill a Mockingbird was made into a film in 1962. Starring Gregory Peck as protagonist Atticus Finch, the film was critically acclaimed on its release and was a box office success. It ranks no 25 in the American Film … Continue readings →

  It’s probably obvious that we are unabashed Hitchcock fans. He’s just brilliant! Flawed, but brilliant. This movie, based on Stephen Rebello’s book Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, focusses on the 18 months surrounding Hitchcock’s acquiring of the rights of Robert Bloch’s gothic horror novel and the development of it into the cult movie … Continue readings →