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The memory of British cinema of the 1940s and early 1950s is haunted by the mostly unknown and forgotten, both films and filmmakers, and among these are…
Dec 14, 2025
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Day/Hudson/Randall
Recently, I rewatched the Doris Day/Rock Hudson/Tony Randall trilogy, Pillow Talk (Michael Gordon 1959), Lover Come back (Delbert Mann 1961), and Send…
Nov 18, 2025
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Contemporary mainstream cinema (summer of 2025)
The other day I was watching an episode of The Mandalorian (seen above) with my nephew, who is ten. It was reasonably entertaining, but I found it…
Sep 3, 2025
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Le Mans (1971)
Dec 21, 2024
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The Window (1949)
Aug 27, 2024
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Jaws at 50
Jun 29, 2025
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The Man Between (1953)
Mar 12, 2025
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Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Feb 14, 2024
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Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
Jonathan Kaplan passed away last weekend, after having been sick with liver cancer for some time. Ever since I first saw Love Field (1992), with…
Aug 11, 2025
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Heat at 30
I have always been fascinated by the first image of Heat (1995), ever since I first saw the film.
Jul 14, 2025
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Ran at 40
While Seven Samurai (1954), an epic of exceptional depth, beauty, and dazzling achievements, is by far my favourite film by Akira Kurosawa, his final…
Jul 6, 2025
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Jaws at 50
My earliest memory of Jaws (1975) is from 1989, when it was shown on Swedish television.
Jun 29, 2025
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Mai Zetterling centenary
Today is the anniversary of Mai Zetterling’s birth, 24 May, 1925, and therefore I repost this article I wrote about her ten years ago.
May 24, 2025
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Algorithms
Whenever somebody writes about streaming services or social media, they refer to the algorithms behind them.
May 19, 2025
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All directors I have written about, and where
In the spring of 1997, I published an article about Alexander Mackendrick in a Swedish film journal; my first profile of a director.
Apr 13, 2025
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John Huston
It has always seemed to me that John Huston has a reputation as an important, serious filmmaker among those who would otherwise not care much for…
Mar 28, 2025
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The Man Between (1953)
As a fun exercise I once divided my students into smaller groups, and each group would make a short film with their mobile phones based on a concept I…
Mar 12, 2025
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