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Faking the Blitz
Britain and the Blitz describes itself as an “immersive documentary” that “tells the story of how the country responded” to eight months...
Charles Drazin
May 11


London Can Take It!
As “America First” 2025 approaches the heights of alarming insularity, it’s worth thinking back to 1940, when, in spite of the same...
Charles Drazin
Apr 28


Only Connect
Jaya described to us her film. Dances of the Seasons , she explained, uses the Indian classical dance form, Bharatanatyaman , to demand ...
Charles Drazin
Mar 31


Humphrey Jennings in Poets' Corner
I suppose one reason why there are so few photographs of Humphrey Jennings is that his main employer was a government film unit that had...
Charles Drazin
Oct 18, 2024


Listen to Britain: The Great Cut
The gun and the violin. This visual juxtaposition introduces a twenty-minute masterpiece of association and contrast. A wartime film...
Charles Drazin
Jul 15, 2024
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