Foreign Countries #23: Mystery and Imagination: Sweeney Todd (1970)

Posted on by Jon Dear

Anyone who watched the recent series The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story (2019) will know how misogynistic assumptions can hamper an investigation and an obsession with the killer can reduce their victims to statistics and social judgement that puts part of the blame on to themselves. After all, society says, what were … Continue reading Foreign Countries #23: Mystery and Imagination: Sweeney Todd (1970)

The 61st BFI London Film Festival

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Tricia Tuttle’s first LFF as Artistic Director was notable for having 38% of its programme directed by women (up from less than a quarter last year). The theme of womens’ constant struggle against every aspect of life was common across the festival’s various strands, and reflects the wider campaigns for recognition that the film industry … Continue reading The 61st BFI London Film Festival