Difficult Times for Critics – From the First!

Difficult Times for Critics – From the First!

Peter Cargin “Criticism is passing, as many of us know, through a difficult phase. Its field is becoming more and more restricted. There are fewer papers than there were before the war and less space even in these. ” Yes a statement most would agree with...
Our lunchtime Bath treat

Our lunchtime Bath treat

Simon Tait On November 30 we were the lunch guests of the Holburne Museum – not in Bath but at the St John Restaurant in Smithfield – where the director, Alexander Sturgis, and chairman, the former art dealer David Posnett, wanted to tell us not only of their...
The Circle Archives

The Circle Archives

The Critics’ Circle archives are held in the theatre archives at Bristol University. They moved there along with the celebrated  Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection, assembled by former actors Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, which is rich in material from...
Critics’ Circle Film of the Year: 1980–2010

Critics’ Circle Film of the Year: 1980–2010

In our 30th, year the members of the Film Section voted for the best film from the best films of the previous three decades and the winner was APOCALYPSE NOW.             2010 THE SOCIAL NETWORK David Fincher           2009 A PROPHET Jacques Audiard           2008 THE...