Hiroshi Teshigahara
I’ve been to see two films by this old Japanese director at the NFT this week. He’s an interesting figure – I only knew Woman Of The Dunes before, but he was also a painter, sculptor, garden designer and director[…]

Sky Travel
This channel is back on track. It really lost its way for a while. I’m not sure if the concept of travel was misunderstood, but three months ago that indispensable guide to Florida, Baywatch: Miami was on every night.
If you were aft[…]

PUB QUIZ QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Qustion from the Hope and Anchor, Tottenham Lane. A good 30 question quiz, where the questions are quite hard (winning score was 21, we got 19) and the cash prize was guaranteed as over £40 (it looked more like £60 l[…]

Is it a criticism to say that Spider-Man 2 had the same plot as Superman 2? Probably not, one way or another the film was going to be based on something, and rather another relatively successful film than some untried comics. Whilst not a direct reha[…]

Friday Trivia Quiz: thought it might be a larf to go back and excerpt the FIRST EVER POSTS from some prominent-ish blogs, both ancient and recent. Wag of the finger to those whose archives don’t work, though. Some obvious candidates have been a[…]

I have zero interest in cricket as a rule. But this Robert Key bloke has captured my attention a little while I procrastinate over editing a particularly fatuous press release. I have to applaud when someone who is frankly a bit tubby excels in sport[…]

The Independents’ That Summer column has now been running for a decade. Writers contribute holiday tales where the only criteria is a memorable experience.
From awkward fumbles with French exchange students to getting arrested in awkward places[…]

The documentary revival continues apace. I can only respond to this shower of neo-Griersonian glibness with a point of fact — ‘The Sorrow and the Pity’ was made for TV — and await next year’s leader on how fantasy c[…]

Jack Kirby fans reprazent: very very glad to see this back on the web. Also much more terrific old material at I Want A Blog. “No one saw the old man’s GRIM SMILE.”[…]

Facts about The Lyric on Great Windmill Street.
1) It is one of the emptiest pubs in Soho on most nights.
2) Despite being rather nice inside in a trad dingy style, and having friendly bar staff.
3) And a juker.
4) It has “Endless Art” on[…]