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Britannia Hospital: Bad Timing
It was a brilliant, shocking poster that made you sit up if not lose your head. The trouble was that eight thousand miles away British...
Charles Drazin
May 24


A Hopeful Young Man: Lindsay Anderson after the Landslide Labour Victory of 1945
It was August 1945. Ten years later Lindsay Anderson, the principal inspiration behind the Free Cinema, would become known to the world...
Charles Drazin
Jul 5, 2024


Wisdom is the principal thing.
Last month’s season of Lindsay Anderson films at the BFI Southbank was a welcome sign that a new generation appreciates his films, but it...
Charles Drazin
Jun 5, 2024


Lindsay Anderson flying the Red Flag in 1945
There was a lyrical, poetic aspect to Lindsay Anderson's work – perhaps most evident in his short films Thursday's Children , Every Day...
Charles Drazin
May 28, 2024


My piece in today's Guardian to mark Lindsay Anderson's 100th Anniversary
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/17/the-director-who-dared-to-tell-uncomfortable-truths-lindsay-anderson-at-100 ‘No film can be...
Charles Drazin
Apr 17, 2023
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