How Boudu Can Save Us All From Drowning
Whatever you’ve heard about the French cinema’s New Wave, the truth is that the real Golden Age of French cinema was a period between 1929 and 1939. It was bookended by the advent of sound at the...
View ArticleA Night To Remember – The Titanic Centenary
Park Circus is re-releasing the esteemed ITV Studios classic, A Night To Remember this week, on 13 April, and you can expect to see Roy Ward Baker’s masterpiece at several key locations that make up...
View ArticleThe Look – A Self-Portrait Through Others
Jack Bell looks at the upcoming release of Angelina Maccarone’s documentary, The Look. Continue reading →
View ArticleLawrence Conquers Cannes Again In World Premiere Of 4K Restoration
On Saturday 19 May, Lawrence of Arabia rode desert sands again for the world premiere of the stunning 4K digital restoration of David Lean’s incredible epic. Marking the 50th anniversary of the release...
View ArticleCharlotte Rampling on The Look at BFI
On 27 April this year Charlotte Rampling attended the BFI in London to give a Q&A with journalist Mark Lawson. Angelina Maccarone’s film The Look was the screening, a film on Charlotte Rampling...
View ArticleHotel Splendide: The Island Resort Of No Return
How odd is Terence Gross’ solo directorial effort Hotel Splendide? It’s about as eccentric as modern British cinema gets. Imagine Michael Powell’s marvelous St Kilda drama The Edge of The World had...
View ArticleWhy Werner Herzog’s Invincible Deserves A Comeback
Buried deep in Werner Herzog’s rich and varied curriculum vitae, winking at the millennium celebrations behind it and trailing his remarkable lone air crash survivor documentary Wings of Hope, his...
View ArticleJonathan Demme – The Hardest Working Man In Showbusiness?
Filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and arguably America’s most grounded multi-disciplinary filmmaker Jonathan Demme has been quiet of late. The last non-documentary feature he made was the critically...
View ArticleOne Great Scene From The Shining
“Wendy darling, light of my life, I’m not gonna hurt you…I’m just gonna bash your brains in..” Where do you start with Stanley Kubrick’s remarkable 1980 psycho-horror The Shining? A film so awash with...
View ArticleGoodbye Park Circus blog and a big thank you
20th June 2012 will mark a significant date in Park Circus’ historical calendar as the company introduced a new website for clients and classic cinema lovers alike. Although the new website does not...
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