by Mark Kermode
Battleship Potemkin (1925) 146
Bay, Michael 69–74, 99–101, 111, 126, 156, 164, 308
BBC1 250
BBC2 20, 116
BBC blog 33, 36
BBC, coverage of the BAFTAs 250
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 147
BBC Radio 1 57, 88, 199, 239
BBC Radio 5 Live 12, 72, 109, 187
BBC Television Centre 193
BBFC see British Board of Film Classification
Beatty, Warren 87, 102
Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 225
Beauvois, Xavier 250
Beckett, Samuel 52
Beckinsale, Kate 74
Beery, Wallace 148
Beggars of Life (1928) 147–9
Belmondo, Jean-Paul 179
Benchley, Peter 141
Ben-Hur (1959) 308, 310–11
Ben Hur (play), Broadway production of (1899) 3
Benjamin Button, The Curious Case of (2008) 113
Bennett, Alan 34
Benny & Joon (1993) 45
Benny’s Video (1992) 276
Bernhard, Sandra 103
Bettany, Paul 184
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 193
Beverly Hills Cop 3 (1994) 105
Billy Elliot (2000) 74
Birth of a Nation, The (1915) 130
Biutiful (2010) 246
Blackmail (1929) 147
Blade Runner (1982) 66, 227
Blair, Tony 155, 230
Blanchett, Cate 230
Blazing Saddles (1974) 170–1, 176–9
Blockbuster video store 92
Blood For Dracula (1974) 139
Blow-Up (1966) 304
Blue Velvet (1986) 277
Blum–Byrnes quota (1946), agreement of 289
Bochco, Steven 82
Body Chemistry (1990) 236
Bollywood movies 281–4
Boogie Nights (1997) 217, 219
Boorman, John 159
Boston Globe (newspaper) 159
Bottoms, Timothy 170
Boulting, John and Roy 232
Bowes, Peter 239–40, 242–3
Bowie, David 45
Box Office Mojo (website) 162
Boyle, Danny 233
Bradsell, Mike 304
Bragg, Billy 210–11
Brand, Neil 147
Brando, Marlon 17–19, 113
Brangelina (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) 78
Braveheart (1995) 70–1, 292
Breathless (1983) 179–80, 200
Bride from Hades, The aka A Tale of Peonies and Lanterns aka Kaidan botan-doro (1968) 262
Bride Wars (2009) 215
Bridges, Jeff 275
Brighton Rock (1947) 232
Bristol Watershed 285
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 150, 221, 242
British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) 35, 203, 283, 301
British Film Institute 128, 183, 236
Brixton Ritzy, London 308
Brokeback Mountain (2005) 218
Bronfman Jr, Edgar 88
Brooks, Louise 147–8
Brooks, Mel 170, 177
Brown, Gregory H. 236
Brown, Ralph 24
Bruckheimer, Jerry 71, 73–4
Brynner, Yul 12
Bubble, The (1966) 139
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) 274
Bullock, Sandra 257
Burlesque (2010) 222
Burr, Ty 160
Burton, Richard 78
Burton, Tim 128, 156
Bwana Devil (1952) 134, 139, 154
Caché aka Hidden (2005) 278
Caddyshack (1980) 200
Caged Heat (1974) 235
Cameron, James 95–6, 99, 113, 126, 154–6, 162, 165, 235
Campanella, Juan José 246
Campbell, Alastair 181
Cannes Film Festival 42, 152, 250, 262, 273, 276–7, 280–1
Grand Prix 250
Palme d’Or 232, 262
Carnosaur 2 (1995) 235
Carousel (1956) 10
Carpenters, The 208
Carrizo Gorge, California 148
Carry on Cleo (1964) 78
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) 206
Casino (1995) 219
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) 165, 304
CCE, silver retention process 303
celluloid 1, 7, 9–10, 13, 57, 62, 69, 160, 194, 296–313
Censored:The Story of Film Censorship in Britain (book) 300
Chalte Chalte (2003) 282
Channel 4 117, 283
Chaplin, Charlie 86, 197
Chariots of Fire (1981) 226, 234
Chatroom (2010) 274
Cher 223
Churchill, Winston 289
Cimino, Michael 81–3, 85–6, 88, 90, 200
Cine Blitz (magazine) 281
Cine City Cinema, Withington, Manchester 143
Cinema Exhibitors’ Association 9
Cinema Paradiso (1988) 287
cinemas
AMC Loews Boston Common 160
Astor Theatre, New York 132
Brixton Ritzy, London 308
Cine City Cinema, Withington, Manchester 143
Classic Cinema, Hendon, London 83, 174–6
Empire Leicester Square, London 122
Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds 296–7
Odeon, Barnet, London 248
Odeon, Hendon, London 308, 311
Odeon Leicester Square, London 103
Phoenix, East Finchley, London 43
Prince Charles Theatre, Leicester Square, London 7, 93
Regal Fenway, Boston 160
Scott Cinemas, Bridgewater, Somerset 10
Screen 1–5, Manchester 144
Vue Cinema, Shepherds Bush, London 192
CinemaScope 137–8, 153–4
Cinematograph Act of 1909 2, 4, 300
Cinématographe 132
Cinerama 138, 159
Citizen Kane (1941) 193, 197, 218
Clapp, Phil 9
Clarke, Alan 233
Clash of the Titans (1981) 154
Clash of the Titans (2010) 126, 154–8
Classic Cinema, Hendon, London 83, 174–6
Clements, Sam 307
Cleopatra (1963) 69, 77–81, 84, 86, 89, 94
Clerks (1994) 204
Clifford, Max 156
Cloverfield (2008) 255
Coen, Joel and Ethan 148
Color of Night (1994) 194
Comar, Etienne 246
Comin’ At Ya! (1981) 140
Condon, Chris J. 141–2
Connelly, Jennifer 265, 273
Connery, Sean 172
Constantine (2005) 184
Conti, Tom 268
Cop Out (2010) 190–3, 203–4
Coppola, Francis Ford 235
Corman, Roger 87, 235–6
Corsican Brothers, The (play) 20
Costello, Elvis vii, 291
Costner, Kevin 69, 86–8, 94, 101, 106, 118
Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996) 197, 217–18
Crash (Paul Haggis, 2006) 218
Craven, Wes 109
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) 134
Creature Walks Among Us, The (1956) 135
Crichton, Michael 11
Crist, Judith 80
Cronenberg, David 197, 218
Cruise, Tom 109, 112, 116
Cruising (1980) 201–3
Crying Game, The (1992) 225
Culture Show, The (TV series) 20
Cummins, Kevin 66
Cusack, Joan 106
Cutthroat Island (1995) 104
Daily Mail (newspaper) 198, 218
Dams, Tim 282
Dances with Wolves (1990) 87
Dangerous Mission (1954) 135
Dante, Joe 141
Dante’s Inferno (from Divine Comedy, epic poem) 26
Dark Knight Rises, The (2012) 159, 237
Dark Knight, The (2008) 108, 227, 236
Dark Water (Walter Salles, 2005) 256, 259–61, 264, 271–3, 276
Dark Water aka Honogurai mizu no soko kara
(Hideo Nakata, 2002) 256, 259–60, 265, 271–2
Dark, Gregory 236
Darling Lili (1970) 80
David Lean foundation 150
Davison, Doug 256
‘daylight projection’ 300
De Niro, Robert 78, 220
de Toth, André 136
Dead Man (1995) 45
Dean, James 244
Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, The (2010) 21, 24, 26, 28, 46, 51
Death and the Maiden (1994) 265
Deer Hunter, The (1978) 82–3, 85
DeMille, Cecil B. 131, 299
Demme, Jonathan 235
Dench, Dame Judi 229–30
Departed, The (2006) 220, 256
Depp, Johnny 44–5, 104, 223
Derek, Bo 141
Dern, Bruce 82, 296
Despicable Me (2010) 162
Destry Rides Again (1939) 177
Dev (2004) 282
Devdas (2002) 281–2
Devils, The (1971) 233, 304
Dewe Mathews, Tom 300–1
Dial M for Murder (1954) 135–7
Diary of Anne Frank, The (play) 223
DiCaprio, Leonardo 96
Dietrich, Marlene 177
digital projection
frozen images in 11, 58
multiplex low standards of 46–63
rise of 9–11
Dion, Celine 96
Disneyland Paris 267
Dixon, Bryony 300
Doctor Dolittle (1967) 77
Dodge Brothers, The 147, 149
Don’t Look Now (1973) 233, 261
Donnadieu, Bernard-Pierre 275
Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970) 168–9
Dracula (1931) 252
Dreamgirls (2006) 105
Dreamscape (1984) 109
Dresdner Sinfonika 146
Driller Killer, The (1979) 15
Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 218–19
Driving Miss Daisy Crazy (1990) 219
Dromcolliher fire (1926), disaster of 4
Duel (1971) 141
DVD and video sales 89–91
Earthquake (1974) 115, 170
EastEnders (TV series) 241–2
Eastern Eye (newspaper) 281
Eastwood, Clint, 82, 135
Ebert, Roger 85, 190, 262
Edinburgh Film Festival 247
Edison, Thomas 127, 152
Efron, Zac 17–21, 39, 44–53, 58–63
Eisenstein, Sergei 146
Elizabeth (1998) 230
Elliot, Sam 194
Ellis Island, New York 149
Empire Leicester Square, London 122
Empire (magazine) 167, 180, 187, 285
End of Days (1999) 184
English Patient, The (1996) 225, 238, 292
Entertainment Weekly (magazine) 155, 162
Eros film distributors 282–4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 217
Evans, Marc 231
‘event’ films 74–7, 80, 85, 88–9
Evil Dead, The (1981) 144
Evilspeak (1981) 15
Exorcist, The (1973) 174, 199, 205, 306
Eye, The (2008) 256
Fairbanks, Douglas 86
Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964) 80
Faltermeyer, Harold 193
Farrelly brothers 35
Farrelly, Peter 160
Father Ted (TV series) 141
Fellini, Federico 235
female teenage audiences 46, 98–9
Figgis, Mike 149
Film Distributors’ Association 282
film projection
cue marks 5
reel changes 5–8, 10, 55
screen frame ratios 47, 55–9, 64, 152, 294
tower and platter systems 8
Filmfare (magazine) 281
Fincher, David 113, 246, 251, 303
Firth, Colin 225, 231
Fish Tank (2009) 152
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) 139–40, 165
‘Florence’s Sad Song’ 168
Floyd, Nigel 194–5
Ford, John 55, 299
Formula, The (1980) 18–19
Foster, Jodie 171, 173, 179
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 292
Fox, Megan 46
Frankenstein (1931) 252
Frankie’s Hot Dogs 175
Frears, Stephen 228
Freeman, Martin 39
Freeman, Morgan 218
French Academy of Science (Académie des Sciences) 130
French Line, The (1953) 134
French, Philip 200
Friday the 13th Part 3-D aka Friday the 13th Part III in 3-D (1982) 140
Friedkin, William 201–2
Friends (TV series) 197
Friese-Greene, William, 128
Frisch, Arno 277
Full Monty, The (1997) 292
Funny Games (1997) 276–80
Funny Games U.S. (2007) 278–9
Furry Vengeance (2010) 193
Futureworld (1976) 11
Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle of Man 20
Gandolfini, James 113
Gellar, Sarah Michelle 274
Gere, Richard 90, 179, 184, 277
Gertz, Jami 194
Gervais, Ricky 223
Ghost Stories (play) 260
Ghost Stories aka Kwaidan (1964) 262, 264
Ghost Story of Yotsuya aka Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959) 263
Gibson, Mel 287
Gin gwai (2002) 256
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (Niels Arden Oplev, 2009) 244–8
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (David Fincher, 2011) 246, 251
Gladiator (2000) 198
Glen Cinema, Paisley (1929), tragedy of 4
Glory (1989) 219
Godard, Jean-Luc 179, 226
Goebbels, Joseph 133
Gone with the Wind (1939) 82, 89, 99
Goodfellas (1990) 219
Graham, Billy 306
Grant, Richard E. 103, 209
Gray, Brandon 162
Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) 298
Green, Seth 106
Greengrass, Paul 228–9
Greenwich Village, New York 236
Griffith, D.W. 86, 130, 299
Griffiths, Richard 34
Groucho Club 189
Grudge, The (2004) 255, 274
Guadagnino, Luca 246
Guardian (newspaper) 10
Guevara, Che 261
Haggis, Paul 218
Hall Pass (2011) 35, 160
Hancock, David 10
Haneke, Michael 276–9
Hardware (1990) 18
Harlin, Renny 104
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) 126, 164
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 164
Harryhausen, Ray 154
Heaven’s Gate (1980) 81, 84–91, 113–14, 200
Heffner, Richard 201–2
Hello Dolly (1969) 77
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) 277
Herzog, Werner 164–5, 193, 304
Heston, Charlton 3, 31, 308–10
Hewitt, Martin 236
Hidden aka Caché (2005) 278
High School Musical series (2006–) 19
Hill Street Blues (TV series) 82
Hilton, Paris 135
Hippolyte, Gregory Alexander 236
History Boys, The (film, 2006, and play) 34
‘History of Horror, A’ NFT season 135
History of Violence, A (2005) 217
Hitchcock, Alfred 129, 135–7, 146, 232, 278
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The (book) 266
Hitler, Adolf 307
Hoffman, Dustin 87, 102
Holbein, Hans 253
Hole, The aka Onibaba (1964) 271
Hollow Man (2000) 196
Hol
lywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) 222–4
Hollywood Reporter, The (magazine) 157
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), 3-D theme park attraction based on 165
Honogurai mizu no soko kara aka Dark Water (2002) 256, 259–60, 265, 271–2
Hopper, Dennis 87, 118
Horn, John 195–7
Hostel (2005) 183
Hostel: Part II (2007) 183
House of Wax (1953) 135, 140, 142
House of Wax (2005) 135
Howard the Duck (1986) 89
Howards End (1992) 237
Hucknall, Mick 181
Hudson Hawk (1992) 102–4
Hugo Cabret (2011) 164
Hulk (2003), theme park attraction based on 117
Hulme, Manchester 65–7
Huppert, Isabelle 85
Hurt Locker, The (2008) 155
Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds 296–7
I Am Love (2009) 246
‘I’m Tired’ 209
Iida, Jôji 274
Il Mare aka Siworae (2000) 257–8
Il Postino (1994) 287
ImageMovers Digital 163
IMAX 138, 159
In Our Name (2010) 42
In Rainbows (album) 40
In the Bedroom (2001) 225
Iñárritu, Alejandro González 246
Inception (2010) 108–10, 159, 227, 235–6, 250, 285
Independent (newspaper) 163
Indiana Jones series (1981–) 104, 145
Infernal Affairs trilogy aka Mou gaan dou I–III (2002–3) 220, 256
Inglourious Basterds (2009) 307
Internet Movie Database (IMDb) 74, 292
invention of cinema, 100th anniversary of 146
Ishiguro, Kazuo 237
Ishtar (1987) 87, 95, 102
Island of Doctor Moreau, The (1996) 18–9
It’s Only a Movie (book) 167
Jarman, Derek 232
Jarmusch, Jim 45
Jaws (1975) 115, 119–20, 141, 143, 298
Jaws 2 (1978) 143
Jaws 3-D (1983) 140–3
Jazz Singer, The (1927) 151
Jean de Florette (1986) 286
Jenkins, David 10
Jersey Girl (David Burton Morris, 1992) 194
Jersey Girl (Kevin Smith, 2004) 194
Jesus of Cool (album) 23
Johal, Rana 283
Johnson County War The 83–4
Johnston, Trevor 194
Jolson, Al 131
Jonze, Spike 113–14
Joy Division 66
Julius Caesar (play) 20
Ju-on (2002) 256, 261, 274
Jurassic Park (1993) 11, 296
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) 281
kabuki theatre 261
Kahn, Madeline 177
Kaidan botan-doro aka A Tale of Peonies and Lanterns aka The Bride from Hades (1968) 262
kaidan eiga (ghost-story film) tradition 261–2, 264
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) 281
