Film Studies on the TV, Web and in Books

 There are so many programmes and books recently about cinema it's hard to keep up. Here are a few:

Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

I have just updated my post on this series that screened on BBC 4 and is now on iPlayer. 

The Directors on Sky Arts

We are now on Series 7 of this brilliant programme on Sky Arts. That will be 70 episodes and hopefully more to come, See posts for each series. There is also a separate series about directors called Inside Cinema, four episodes so far. Also on Sky Arts there is also a series called Discovering Film, each episode looking at the career of one actor or actress. Ten series of ten episodes each. Might be some time before I look at these. In addition there are four episodes of the Talking Pictures series on different topics. 

A Light in the Dark by David Thomson

See post dated 8th March 2021.

The Big Screen - The Story Of  The Movies And What They Did To Us by David Thomson

See previous review on this blog dated 9th October 2014.

Moments That Made Movies by David Thomson

See post of 19th August 2022.

Have You Seen ..... by David Thomson

Yet another huge volume from David Thomson where he summarises 1000 films for our consideration. I have just started to wade through the early pages where the movies are in alphabetical order.

Inside Cinema - Shorts

Apart from a couple of one offs (Black History Month and Guilt Free Pleasures) there are so far 53 episodes of a series called Shorts on BBC iPlayer. I am through 14 so far! Not to be confused with the series Inside Cinema on Sky Arts.

Life Cinematic

Again on BBC 4 comes this series delving into the lives of directors. There are five so far that I can watch on iPlayer starting with Sam Mendes. Who needs a course in film studies when we have all this available.