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David Parkinson

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Footsteps in the Night (1931) 3/5 EDIT “Adept use is made of locations like London's Euston Station, helped by American editor Otto Ludwig's clipped cross-cutting.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) 3/5 EDIT “Carlson is too affable to be hard-boiled, but he sparks with the breezy Rona Anderson (as Smith's secretary), while Lom, Gynt and the reliable Wheatley make a splendidly slippery set of suspects.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review After Tonight (1933) 3/5 EDIT “Best known for B-westerns, George Archainbaud shrouds the cheap-looking sets in moody shadow to create an air of tragic futility.” – ABC News (Australia) May 7, 2026 Full Review Night at the Crossroads (1932) 3/5 EDIT “Anticipating the look and feel of film noir, this is not just a compelling whodunnit, but also a superbly observed portrait of an isolated community.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review The Gay Diplomat (1931) 2/5 EDIT “By overcompensating, they occasionally make this feel more like a parody than a thriller.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review Hindle Wakes (1952) 2/5 EDIT “Daniely and Leslie Dwyer give it their best shot, but it's hard work all round.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review Peg of Old Drury (1935) 4/5 EDIT “Boasting fine production values and lustrous Freddie Young photography, this is handsomely entertaining.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review Abode (2025) 80% 3/5 EDIT “This is an empathetic and consistent collection that's beautifully played by a splendid ensemble.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review Primavera (2025) 3/5 EDIT “Yet, besides a moment of spiteful cruelty, the storyline is as entirely foreseeable as the music is redeemingly sublime.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review There's Still Tomorrow (2023) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Cortellesi's affectionate work channels classic performances by Anna Magnani and Sophia Loren while tethering the action to the present day and reminding viewers that misogyny is still a major problem in modern-day Italy.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Highlighting the humbling ordinariness of the combatants and their poignant camaraderie, Chernov refuses to spare us when it comes to casualties. Despair creeps into his voiceover, but weariness can't sap the zeal of the volunteers...” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Leaves From Satan's Book (1921) 3/5 EDIT “The finale is easily the most accomplished sequence cinematically, with Clara Pontoppidan's death being a moving montage of meticulously matched close-ups.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Grandma's Boy (1922) 86% 4/5 EDIT “The shrunken suit and the mothballs in the candy sequences rank among the highlights. But this is a delight throughout.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Manhatta (1921) 3/5 EDIT “Shown as a trailer in the States and exhibited at a French Dadaist happening, it was subsequently hailed as the keystone of the American avant-garde.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review The Informer (1929) 4/5 EDIT “The performances are admirably restrained, although Swede Lars Hanson lacks the mix of menace and vulnerability that earned Victor McLaglen the Academy Award for best actor in the same role.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Secrets of a Soul (1926) 4/5 EDIT “Predominantly shot in the camera, the multiple superimpositions achieved by cinematographers Robert Lach, Curt Oertel and Guido Seeber have lost none of their extraordinary potency, although Freud, apparently, wasn't impressed.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) 3/5 EDIT “In her first starring role, the 15-year-old Young is enchantingly natural. But it's Chaney's command of mime—whether slapsticking with Siegel or suppressing his bruised emotions—that makes this hoary and dated melodrama so moving.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Strass (2002) 4/5 EDIT “Pierre Lekeux and Lionel Bourguet excel as the feuding tutors, but everyone is so in the slot that it's often easy to forget you're watching a spoof.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Bullet Scars (1942) 3/5 EDIT “Director D Ross Lederman struggles to generate much suspense, but he deftly plumbs comic relief from Ben Welden's hypochondriac sidekick and makes nifty use of a hay truck during a couple of high-stakes set-pieces.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review The Ace of Hearts (1921) 3/5 EDIT “The introduction of his sinister vigilante bureau is splendidly atmospheric and quite contentious, given its anti-capitalist stance just four years after the rise of Bolshevism. ” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Top Gun (1986) 56% 3/5 EDIT “There is no denying the quality and entertainment value of the flying sequences... But the rivalry between Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, and Cruise's tempestuous affair with Kelly McGillis, are pure bunk. ” – Radio Times Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Beautiful City (2004) 92% 4/5 EDIT “The humanism that has informed much Iranian cinema since the late 1980s is readily evident in Asghar Farhadi's affecting and often gently amusing drama.” – Radio Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Who Goes Next? (1938) 3/5 EDIT “The banter between the Brits is highly amusing and Meinhart Maur is splendidly Preminger-esque as the monocle-wearing commandant.” – Radio Times Apr 9, 2026 Full Review New York Doll (2005) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Greg Whiteley's bittersweet memoir is a compelling confounding of rock expectations that's given added poignancy by Kane's unexpected demise soon after the band's brief reconciliation.” – Radio Times Apr 9, 2026 Full Review Vodka Lemon (2003) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Kurdish director Hiner Saleem evokes the wry observational humour of Otar Iosseliani (Monday Morning) and Aki Kaurismäki in this gentle take on life in post-Soviet Armenia.” – Radio Times Apr 9, 2026 Full Review
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