John Davis 1821-1861
Love and money put the heart at risk This is the fifth in a series of articles here on the family of William Davis, an Irish rebel of 1798 who … Continue reading
La séparation
Christian Vincent directed this 1994 film, based on a novel of the same name by Parisian writer Dan Franck, and it was written for the screen by Vincent and Franck. … Continue reading
La clef (The Key)
La clef (The Key) is a 2007 film written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux. A film which was very well reviewed in France, but had a poor reception in America, … Continue reading
The mystery of L’appartement
DOP Thierry Arbogast (l) and Gilles Mimouni (r) set up a shot L’appartement is a 1996 film written and directed by Gilles Mimouni, a romance film with a difference. Mimouni … Continue reading
The final defense
On the evening of 30 October 1938, the night before Halloween, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre broadcast a version of HG Wells’ War of the Worlds. Gallup Polls taken … Continue reading
The Jesus Factor
I have just read a life of Jesus (Killing Jesus, by O’Reilly and Dugard) and wasn’t satisfied with it at all. So I looked further to see what else there … Continue reading
False Pretensions
Poor Francis Scott Fitzgerald! He seems to have somehow sneaked into literary history by the back door, through living a profligate life. A lot of people who write about him … Continue reading
