THE RANDOM JOTTINGS OF SIRIAMI

In these days of widescreen, hi-def, Blu-ray video pictures, cast a thought back to the late 1920’s and early 1930’s – even then they had widescreen, large format film presentations.
The release of Fox’s “The Big Trail” in both normal (35mm) and  Fox’s “Grandeur” widescreen (70mm) editions on a 2 disc Region 1 DVD […]

The recent, excellent BFI 4 DVD release “LAND OF PROMISE” is a delightful ramble via 40 film documentaries through Britain of the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s. Seminal directors like Robert Flaherty, John Grierson, Alberto Cavalcanti, Paul Rotha and of course Humphrey Jennings are given pride of place here, along with less well-known names: Geoffrey Bell, […]