I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Colin Young. Sandy Mackendrick dubbed him ‘creator of film schools’.…
Three years ago, the BBC polled critics across the world to identify the greatest 100 American Movies, followed by Films…
On June 13 2013, we posted an introduction to Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG at the National Film & Television School. We…
Mamoun introduced L’Avventura at the BFI Southbank on 14th December to a packed NFT3. It was the last ‘Passport to…
Mamoun would like to thank Dominic Power of the NFTS for inviting him to introduce Werner Herzog’s landmark movie, The Enigma of…
A fantastic new Blu-Ray release of John Fords ‘My Darling Clementine‘ was released on 17th August by Arrow Video –…
Here is a chance to listen to the discussion that Mamoun had with Terry at the showing of his first…
Roberto Rossellini’s Rome Open City is the first great epic of Italian Neorealism. Seventy years on, the movement still survives.…
The great Alexander Mackendrick said that drama is about life ‘with the boring bits left out’. Yasujiro Ozu saw it…
According to the lists of 10 and 100 best films the world is a small place consisting primarily of the…