David Robinson is a film critic, historian, author and director of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. His many books include World Cinema: A Short History (1973; 1981) and Chaplin: His Life and Art (1985; 1992; 2001).
Articles by David Robinson
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Barbara Stone obituary: a legendary force in film culture
From promoting New American Cinema in the 60s and founding the Gate chain in the 1970s to producing movies for decades afterwards, Stone was at the centre of the international film scene for more than half a century, recalls David Robinson.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
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Walter Lassally obituary: from British Free Cinema to ‘Walter the Greek’
Philip Kemp on the key cameraman for everyone from 1960s British realists Lindsay Anderson and Tony Richardson to James Ivory and Mikhail Cacoyannis, for whose Zorba the Greek he won an Oscar. Plus a reminiscence from David Robinson.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
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Copy and paste: laying out Sight & Sound in the 1950s
David Robinson explains the strange things our editors used to do with glue.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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Our late editor, in the words of her colleagues.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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