Thirza Wakefield

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Archives online: Chapel Hill, N.C. plays itself

See 1939 black North Carolinians as they saw themselves! Thirza Wakefield probes the faces filmed by H. Lee Waters, the Mitchell and Kenyon of his time and place.

By Thirza Wakefield

Archives online: Chapel Hill, N.C. plays itself

Go tell it in the fog: James Baldwin in San Francisco, 1963

By Thirza Wakefield

Go tell it in the fog: James Baldwin in San Francisco, 1963
Features

Albert Finney obituary: an icon who stayed true

By Thirza Wakefield

Albert Finney obituary: an icon who stayed true

Archives online: Even coracles get the blues (1948-72)

By Thirza Wakefield

Archives online: Even coracles get the blues (1948-72)
Features

A pantheon of one’s own: 25 female film critics worth celebrating

By Anne Billson, Mark Cousins and others

A pantheon of one’s own: 25 female film critics worth celebrating
Features

Night animals: the women of Woodfall

By Thirza Wakefield

Night animals: the women of Woodfall
Reviews

Film of the week: A Quiet Passion – Terence Davies and Cynthia Nixon conjure Emily Dickinson in fetters

By Thirza Wakefield

Film of the week: A Quiet Passion – Terence Davies and Cynthia Nixon conjure Emily Dickinson in fetters
Features

Women on Film: Entrants’ inspirations, part one – Actors

By Thirza Wakefield

Women on Film: Entrants’ inspirations, part one – Actors

Archives online: Margaret Tait’s rooms of her own

By Thirza Wakefield

Archives online: Margaret Tait’s rooms of her own
Features

Listen to the actress: Annette Bening, directly

By Thirza Wakefield

Listen to the actress: Annette Bening, directly
News

Feet in the water: Flatpack 2017 goes back to nature

By Thirza Wakefield

Feet in the water: Flatpack 2017 goes back to nature
Features

Archived-in-skip: Peter Sellers’ Bestsellers trio

By Thirza Wakefield

Archived-in-skip: Peter Sellers’ Bestsellers trio
10 great

10 great films of 1946

By David Parkinson, Christina Newland and others

10 great films of 1946
Reviews

Film of the week: Love & Friendship

By Thirza Wakefield

Film of the week: Love & Friendship
Lists

Sidney Lumet: 10 essential films

By Thirza Wakefield

Sidney Lumet: 10 essential films

The big queasy: Fear Itself

By Thirza Wakefield

The big queasy: Fear Itself
Lists

17 rare times when a director made five or more great films in a row

By Nikki Baughan, Graham Fuller and others

17 rare times when a director made five or more great films in a row
News

Come show off with us: Flatpack’s ten years of public spaces and spirits

By Thirza Wakefield

Come show off with us: Flatpack’s ten years of public spaces and spirits

Archives online: Gi’s a job – the 1984 Durham Miners’ Gala

By Thirza Wakefield

Archives online: Gi’s a job – the 1984 Durham Miners’ Gala

Archives online: Diana Ross’s love communion

By Thirza Wakefield

Archives online: Diana Ross’s love communion
News

London 2014 round-up: Viggo goes west

By Thirza Wakefield

London 2014 round-up: Viggo goes west
News

The same cloth: Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock

By Thirza Wakefield

The same cloth: Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock
News

What makes a good casting director? Laura Rosenthal and the indefinable art

By Thirza Wakefield

What makes a good casting director? Laura Rosenthal and the indefinable art
Features

Women on Film competition: the results

By Nick Bradshaw and Thirza Wakefield

Women on Film competition: the results

Archives online: Swinging 60s Becontree

By Thirza Wakefield

Archives online: Swinging 60s Becontree
Features

Beau Brum: remembering the Birmingham Arts Lab

By Thirza Wakefield

Beau Brum: remembering the Birmingham Arts Lab

Archives online: Robbed at gun-camera point?

By Thirza Wakefield

Archives online: Robbed at gun-camera point?

Archives online: Bedridden belles

By Thirza Wakefield

Archives online: Bedridden belles
Reviews

Film of the week: Far from the Madding Crowd

By Thirza Wakefield

Film of the week: Far from the Madding Crowd
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