Archive for January, 2009
Quis est iste qui venit?
I’ve just returned from seeing the Nunkie Theatre Company’s production of M.R. James’ Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad and The Ash Tree at the Barons Court Theatre — a charming tiny theatre in the basement of the The Curtain’s Up pub.
The two stories are related by RM Lloyd Parry, in full [...]
The Innocents
My new year’s hangover was eased somewhat today by drinking tea, eating crumpets and watching The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961) on the 2006 DVD release of the film by the BFI.
This was the second time I’ve seen the film, the first being a screening at the BFI a couple of years back. It’s a remarkable [...]