#19 December 2020

Happy new year! With plenty of spare time during the numerous lockdowns throughout a challenging 2020, I watched more films and television than ever before. I actively used social network site Letterboxd for logging everything I watched throughout the year. The number of films that have flown under my radar has been eye-opening and I …

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#18 November 2020

Small Axe is Steve McQueen’s first British production in twelve years, Hunger being his last. The idea behind the project started back in 2009 and the eleven years that followed, it has transitioned into five separate films focused on London’s West Indian community and their battles with racism and injustice.  Three films have aired so …

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#14 July 2020

They’re all my children… every score I’ve done.Ennio Morricone One of cinema’s most iconic composers Ennio Morricone passed-away on July 6th aged 91. From a personal point of view, Morricone's work on Once Upon a Time in America, The Thing, Once Upon a Time in the West and Cinema Paradiso are highlights of his illustrious …

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