Sight & Sound articles
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In memory of Nik Powell: tributes to a legendary character in British cinema
Industry colleagues Jane Giles, Sandra Hebron, Amanda Nevill and Josh Berger remember the charismatic late distributor and producer Nik Powell, from his headlong early days at the Scala Cinema to the energy and influence he brought to the National Film and Television School.
Monday 11 November 2019 -
From the Magazine
Klaus review: cutting-edge festive animation with a cynical sting
The first animated feature from Netflix combines groundbreaking technology, a witty premise and some seriously nasty protagonists to create a Christmas story to please your inner Scrooge, writes Alex Dudok de Wit.
Monday 11 November 2019 -
The Irishman echoes many film noirs in its focus on the difficulty faced by soldiers returning from World War II in readjusting to civilian life, and how they slide into the gangster world. Martin Scorsese talks to Philip Horne about his relationship with the genre.
Friday 8 November 2019 -
From the Magazine
Driven review: John DeLorean biopic speeds in and out of court
Lee Pace plays the controversial playboy-industrialist as a watchful if slippery stoic with shady connections and stratospheric self-confidence, writes Tim Hayes.
Friday 8 November 2019 -
Nik Powell obituary: a rolling stone in the British film world
The distributor and producer who shook up the stuffy world of 1980s British cinema latterly became a dynamic moderniser of the country’s leading film school.
Friday 8 November 2019 -
From the Magazine
Luce review: this race drama is a rigged game
Julius Onah’s drama about an Eritrean teenager adopted by an American couple is more manipulative than thought-provoking, writes Philip Concannon.
Friday 8 November 2019 -
From the Magazine
Costume drama: Sandy Powell on designing the costumes for The Irishman
Sandy Powell, costume designer by appointment to Derek Jarman and Todd Haynes, talks to Isabel Stevens about designing for The Irishman.
Thursday 7 November 2019 -
From the Magazine
A Dog Called Money review: P.J. Harvey’s musical journeys across scarred terrain
Photojournalist Seamus Murphy travels with the composer to Afghanistan, Kosovo, Washington DC and back home where she transforms her experiences into music, writes Graham Fuller.
Thursday 7 November 2019 -
From the Magazine
Could the tepid critical response to the brilliant The Greatest Showman have anything to do with a general male suspicion of musicals, asks Mark Cousins.
Wednesday 6 November 2019 -
American Movie at 20: why this portrait of a working-class Wisconsin auteur endures
Chris Smith’s 1999 film followed low-budget filmmaker Mark Borchardt for a year of travails that somehow emerged as comedic. But did the laughs came from sympathy, exploitation or a complex collaboration between director and subject, asks Robert Greene.
Wednesday 6 November 2019
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