European Theatre Awards, continued

European Theatre Awards, continued

Jane Edwardes Several Scottish and English members of the Critics’ Circle gathered in St Petersburg last week (despite the best efforts of the Russian visa department) to celebrate the European Theatre Prize. Not just one prize but several since although the main...
Can one building save a dying town?

Can one building save a dying town?

This article first appeared in the Independent on Sunday When David Chipperfield and Victoria Pomery, director of Turner Contemporary, presented their plans for the new gallery to the people of Margate in the auditorium of the Theatre Royal, a man stood up and said...
The Tree of Life: Cannes Controversy

The Tree of Life: Cannes Controversy

Critical controversy surrounds the UK release of Terrence Malick’s Palme D’Or contender Tim Robey The release controversy surrounding Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life gets curiouser and curiouser. Last week, two bits of news dropped which seem to...
Picture Gallery Three

Picture Gallery Three

Circle Film Awards, BFI Southbank, February 10, 2011 William Russell A selection of pictures taken at the Critics Circle Film Awards held at the BFI Southbank for the first time in February 2011. The event was in aid of the BFI archive fund which is planning to...
KINO, BFI

KINO, BFI

The BFI Russian Pioneer Film Season Marianne Gray In May the BFI starts Kino showing previously unseen classic Soviet films directed by the likes of Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov and Vsevlod Pudovkin up to the contemporary director Aleksandr Sokurov whose film...