Surrealism Beyond Borders. Review by Barbara Lewis. Surrealism has never respected borders of any kind. As a movement, it crystallised in 1924 in Paris, and, even then, some artists questioned whether they could belong to something that by definition defied easy categorisation.
Forbidden Paradise (Lubitsch) 1924. Review by Alan Price. The plot of Forbidden Paradise is a bit of fluff and the politics are a silly adventure. Yet its comedic mise – en – scene is wonderful. It’s executed by Ernst Lubitsch, one of Hollywood’s greatest directors. Billy Wilder so admired Lubitsch that he had a sign on his office wall that said “How would he have done it?”
Poetry review – VINEGAR HILL: John Forth considers Colm Tóibín’s move from prose to poetry
Coach to Vienna / The Ear (Blu Ray) Second Run 2020 /2022. Review by Alan Price. The creative partnership of director Karel Kachyna and screenwriter Jan Prochazka was one of the most remarkable to have been allowed to operate in communist Czech cinema of the 1960’s.
Poetry Review – THE WINDMILL PROOF: Adele Ward enjoys the beauty of mathematics in this polished collection by Stephen Payne
Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman) 50th anniversary re-release. Review by Alan Price. Whenever people mention Cries and Whispers (1972) they cannot escape talking about its use of the colour red. Sven Nykvist’s Oscar winning photography saturates, without recourse to red colour filters and employing lighting from one source only, the red interiors, of a period manor house, to create a place with as much soulful character as its three female inhabitants.
Poetry review – THE REAL WORLD: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys an original and unusual collection by Emma Winsor Wood
Poetry review – THE FOX’S WEDDING: Louise Warren ventures into some dark fairy-tale poems by Rebecca Hurst
Poetry review – LOVE AT THE END: Charles Rammelkamp comments on the syntax and the substance of Wade Stevenson’s poems
Poetry review – IS, THINKS PEARL: Kate Noakes enjoys Julia Bird’s fanciful collection of poetic adventures featuring an imaginary and imaginative heroine
Poetry Review – SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING: Merryn Williams greets an important anthology which celebrates the 200th publication from Smokestack Books
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Poetry review – PHOTOVOLTAIC: Alwyn Marriage welcomes the mix of poetry and science in Sarah Watkinson’s new collection