The BBC Archive has a clip of Tolkien talking about The Lord Of The Rings. “JRR Tolkien speaks to John Ezard about his extraordinarily popular Lord of the Rings series of fantasy novels. The author touches upon their genesis and themes, his fondness for invented languages – and […]
It’s a 1972 BBC Radio adaptation of Rudolf Besier’s “The Barretts of Wimpole Street” with Dorothy Tutin and Elizabeth Barrett and Jeremy Brett as Robert Browning! You can listen here.
BBC Archive has a look at very early television! “A survey of BBC television production during the first six months since its official launch in 1936. Introduced by Leslie Mitchell, Jasmine Bligh and Elizabeth Cowell. Programme excerpts include: artist John Piper reviewing the work of Thomas Gainsborough, Pablo […]
Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity has fascinating thoughts on Bryn Chainey’s new folk horror film, Rabbit Trap (UK / USA, 2025) including an excellent introduction to the fairy and cultural aspects. “It hits a lot of my favourite things: fairy lore, folk horror, sound exploration and design—theremin! […]
At Moviedrone, Charlie Brigden shares some great scores by female composers: “If there’s one element of filmmaking that is still seen as a sum-total male-dominated world it’s film scoring. There are certainly many female composers working, but when you look at the high-profile assignments flying around it’s a […]
Rabbit Trap is a film as folk tale.
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