This project encompasses my curatorial work, including a retrospective of more than 50 films at Locarno, a book published in Paris, and a podcast recorded in London, all three on Hollywood radicals and the ensuing blacklist.
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026: Favourites & Discoveries Poll
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| Young Frankenstein turned 52; Mel Brookes turned 100; we turned 40. We're still the youngest. |
"If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing," I once heard King Vidor say in a cameo appearance. This year in Bologna, we certainly took him at his word. Not only did we overdo it, but so did the generally inhospitable weather and the drifting audience navigating the scorched cityscape between the festival's nine venues. Even before receiving a single vote, I was certain that a programme of this scale would make any truly cohesive result impossible. I wasn't entirely wrong.
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