Friday, 22 August 2025

Film Studies Part 4

 


There is only one place to start with Part 4 of my posts on Film Studies.

Sight and Sound Magazine

Part 3 of my Film Studies was in February of 2024, but it actually missed out my post of the 18th December 2023 about a trial issue for Sight and Sound Magazine. The first edition of my subscription was the March 2024 edition that I reviewed in my post of the 4th of that month. So far I have received sixteen editions all of which have been reviewed on this blog.

The Directors on Sky Arts

I missed the whole of Series 8 when we replaced our TV, so I have only just caught up now they have been repeated on Sky. Those directors reviewed on my post of 20th August this year are:

James Cameron, Steven Soderbergh, Milos Forman, Richard Linklater, Orson Welles, Philip Noyce, David Fincher, Nancy Meyers, Clint Eastwood and Ang Lee.

The Films of Powell and Pressberger

My post of 17th December 2024 looked at I Know Where I'm Going, A Matter of Life and Death and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

BFI Open Day

My post of 10th September 2024.

BFI Modern Classics

See my post on Blade Runner of 7th August 2024. 

Art of Film with Ian Nathan on Sky Arts: 

Cold War and Cinema

See posts of 23rd February 2024, 29th February 2024 and 15th March 2024.

World War 2 and Cinema

Posts of 15th April 2024, 19th April 2024 and 27th April 2024.

Classic Movies on Sky Arts - Series 2

Episode 1   The Story of Brief Encounter: 12th September 2024

Episode 2   The Story of Whisky Galore: 18th September 2024

Episode 3   The Story of The Producers: 4th October 2024

Episode 4   The Story of Murder on the Orient Express: 18th October 2024

Episode 5   The Story of I'm All Right Jack : 23rd November 2024

Episode 6   The Story of The Deer Hunter: 5th November 2024

Classic Movies on Sky Arts - Series 3

Episode 1   The Story of The Ipcress File: 11th May 2025

Episode 2   The Story of Kind Hearts and Coronets: 27th May 2025

Episode 3   The Story of The Dam Busters: 3rd June 2025

Episode 4   The Story of Scott of the Antarctic: 19th June 2025

Episode 5   The Story of Flash Gordon: 21st June 2025

Episode 6   The Story of Billy Liar: 2nd July 2025

Inside Cinema - Shorts

I said in Part 3 of my posts on Film Studies that I had just started to watch this series on BBC iPlayer. Here they are:

Episodes 1-10     7th February 2024

Episodes 11-20    28th March 2024

Episodes 21-30   4th May 2024

Episodes 32-40   14th June 2024

Episodes 41-50   13th August 2024

Episodes 51-60   31st October 2024

Episodes 61-70   12th December 2024

Episodes 71-80   14th January 2025

Episodes 81-90   23rd March 2025

Episodes91-96    9th July 2025

Art of Film on Sky Arts - Series 2

How Britain made Alfred Great    30th September 2024

The Golden Age of the British Screen Idol    8th October 2024

The Corda Story   10th October 2024

The Script Supervisor   19th October 2024

David Lean in Black and White    28th October 2024

The Birth of the Moguls   12th November 2024

Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age on Sky Arts

Episode 1:   Mary Shelley to Isaac Asimov

Episode 2:   Arthur C Clark to Ray Bradbury

Episode 3:   Margaret Attwood to Ted Chiang

Episode 4:   Quatermass to Christopher Nolan

Have You Seen ......? by David Thomson

My previous post went up to Part 10, reviewed on this blog on 18th January 2024. These are the latest of my reviews:

Part 11   Dog Day Afternoon, Out of Africa and Brazil             24th March 2024

Part 12   Night of the Demon, Sunset Boulevard and Five Easy Pieces    23rd August 2024

Part 13   Death in Venice, Dial M for Murder and Strangers on a Train     7th October 2024

Part 14   Kind Hearts and Coronets, City of God and Taxi Driver      11th November 2024

Part 15   I'm Alright Jack, Move Over Darling and Whisky Galore       17th January 2025

Part 16   A Shot in the Dark, Passport to Pimlico and The Outfit        3rd March 2025

Part 17   Went the Day Well?, Ice Cold in Alex and 28 Days Later         20th June 2025

Part 18   Brief Encounter, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice and Genevieve   27th July 2025

Movies at Home

Since the end of 2023 there are more posts on this blog: 7th May 2024, 29th July 2024, 11th June 2024, 9th August 2024, 2nd September 2024, 24th September 2024, 17th December 2024, 13th February 2025, 3rd March 2025, 1st April 2025, 30th April 2025, 12th May 2025 and 10th August 2025.

The Whole Equation - A History of Hollywood by David Thomson

Despite enjoying six of David Thomson's books on film, this one was a big disappointment. My post of 22nd February 2024 says I found it all a bit of a mess. What a shame. 

I have never included in these posts any of the films I see at the cinema, whether at my local Odeon, Cineworld in Hemel Hempsted or at the Rex, Berkhamsted. However, there are some of the Wonderland series on Sky Arts from years ago, but I may have missed a few. Otherwise I am now waiting for the new autumn schedules to see what Sky Arts might bring me next.

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