Posts By David Farnor
House of Cards concludes with Claire as its real star
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
“Are you still there? Do you miss him?” asks Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) in the final season of House of Cards, which premieres on Netflix today. She’s speaking directly to camera – not only tackling the show’s troubled production head-on, … Read More
Interview: Inside the making of the making of The Other Side of the Wind with Morgan Neville
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
In 1970, Orson Welles began filming what would ultimately be his final film. Beset by financial issues, the production never finished and never released, with thousands of reels of film languishing in a Paris vault. More than 30 years after … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Homecoming (Season 1)
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
Julia Roberts is impressively understated in this slick, small-scale thriller powered by old-school paranoia.Read More
Netflix UK film review: They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
This brilliantly edited meta-documentary is an essential companion piece to The Other Side of the Wind.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Other Side of the Wind
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor
Orson Welles’ final film is an ambitious, angry, elusive whirlwind of cinema – unfinished or otherwise.Read More
VOD film review: McQueen (2018)
November 1, 2018 | David Farnor
This intelligent, insightful documentary is a sombre celebration of a much-missed British artist.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: The Romanoffs Episode 3 and 4 (House of Special Purpose, Expectation)
October 31, 2018 | David Farnor
Personal and national history leaves its haunting mark in two strikingly different chapters of Amazon’s anthology.Read More
6 scarily good short films to watch this Halloween
October 31, 2018 | David Farnor
There’s nothing scarier in this modern world than losing several hours of your life to a TV show that doesn’t turn out to be very good – those precious minutes are binge-watching gold that could be better spent on a … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell
October 31, 2018 | David Farnor
Mary Berry meets The Munsters in Netflix’s macabre, unique baking series that goes down a treat.Read More
Line of Duty Season 4: Impossibly gripping TV
October 30, 2018 | David Farnor
Silly, slick and full of surprises, this is impossible gripping television.Read More
