Geoff Andrew
@geoff-andrew.bsky.social
Film critic, lecturer, programmer. Mainly about music, movies, art, politics. Views my own. Writes at greater length at geoffandrew.com
There's a new BluRay set of films by one of the greatest filmmakers of recent times. Some thoughts… geoffandrew.com/2025/11/22/k...
Kiarostami at Kanoon: Early Jewels from a Cinematic Giant
Until the recent release of a three-disc BluRay set on Criterion’s ‘Eclipse’ series, most of the films by the late, very great Iranian writer-director Abbas Kiarostami made before his 1986 breakthr…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
There's a new BluRay set of films by one of the greatest filmmakers of recent times. Some thoughts… geoffandrew.com/2025/11/22/k...
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There's a new Alan Bennett film in UK cinemas. Some words… geoffandrew.com/2025/11/12/s...
Singing of Love and War: Alan Bennett’s The Choral
I’ve generally been more admiring of Alan Bennett’s books and his writing for television (particularly the superb Talking Heads monologues) than of the films either adapted from his plays or based,…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
There's a new Alan Bennett film in UK cinemas. Some words… geoffandrew.com/2025/11/12/s...
There's a new Alan Bennett film in UK cinemas. Some words… geoffandrew.com/2025/11/12/s...
Singing of Love and War: Alan Bennett’s The Choral
I’ve generally been more admiring of Alan Bennett’s books and his writing for television (particularly the superb Talking Heads monologues) than of the films either adapted from his plays or based,…
geoffandrew.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
There's a new Alan Bennett film in UK cinemas. Some words… geoffandrew.com/2025/11/12/s...
Some words on The Marbles, a doc screening at a number of venues from this weekend. geoffandrew.com/2025/10/28/t...
The Marbles: a new doc about an old controversy
To return, or not to return, that is the question… More than half a century ago, as a teenage classicist at Northampton Grammar School, I recall (if memory still serves) being taught not only that …
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November 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Some words on The Marbles, a doc screening at a number of venues from this weekend. geoffandrew.com/2025/10/28/t...
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#bestfilminlondontoday Nov 20 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com 'gallery of characters, & wonderfully sustained subterranean mood calls to mind Melville' @geoff-andrew.bsky.social. @lostreelsuk.bsky.social I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD (35mm) at Cinema Museum capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2025/11/capi...
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#bestfilminlondontoday Nov 20 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com 'gallery of characters, & wonderfully sustained subterranean mood calls to mind Melville' @geoff-andrew.bsky.social. @lostreelsuk.bsky.social I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD (35mm) at Cinema Museum capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2025/11/capi...
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If you like Arvo Pärt (and other melodic new music) you might try sampling the sounds here… geoffandrew.com/2025/10/21/w...
Winds from the East: five fine new musical delights
Many years ago – in the late 1980s or early 90s – my friend Tony Benn (no, not the politician, but a painter with good taste in music) marked my birthday by giving me a then recently released album…
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October 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If you like Arvo Pärt (and other melodic new music) you might try sampling the sounds here… geoffandrew.com/2025/10/21/w...
Some words on a new documentary coming up in the UK next week... geoffandrew.com/2025/10/28/t...
The Marbles: a new doc about an old controversy
To return, or not to return, that is the question… More than half a century ago, as a teenage classicist at Northampton Grammar School, I recall (if memory still serves) being taught not only that …
geoffandrew.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Some words on a new documentary coming up in the UK next week... geoffandrew.com/2025/10/28/t...
If you like Arvo Pärt (and other melodic new music) you might try sampling the sounds here… geoffandrew.com/2025/10/21/w...
Winds from the East: five fine new musical delights
Many years ago – in the late 1980s or early 90s – my friend Tony Benn (no, not the politician, but a painter with good taste in music) marked my birthday by giving me a then recently released album…
geoffandrew.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If you like Arvo Pärt (and other melodic new music) you might try sampling the sounds here… geoffandrew.com/2025/10/21/w...
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If you like the films of Michael Haneke, you might be interested in this. geoffandrew.com/2025/09/26/m...
More Gems from Michael Haneke: the TV Films
It is our loss that Michael Haneke, undoubtedly one of the most important writer-directors of recent times – and, in my opinion (for what that’s worth) probably our greatest living filmmaker – seem…
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September 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you like the films of Michael Haneke, you might be interested in this. geoffandrew.com/2025/09/26/m...
RIP Diane Keaton. A fine comedienne (most notably in her films with Woody Allen), but also good in drama (as we know from The Godfather). But she also directed well – the documentary Heaven should not be forgotten.
October 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
RIP Diane Keaton. A fine comedienne (most notably in her films with Woody Allen), but also good in drama (as we know from The Godfather). But she also directed well – the documentary Heaven should not be forgotten.
If you like the films of Michael Haneke, you might be interested in this. geoffandrew.com/2025/09/26/m...
More Gems from Michael Haneke: the TV Films
It is our loss that Michael Haneke, undoubtedly one of the most important writer-directors of recent times – and, in my opinion (for what that’s worth) probably our greatest living filmmaker – seem…
geoffandrew.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you like the films of Michael Haneke, you might be interested in this. geoffandrew.com/2025/09/26/m...
But Is It Jazz? The Ever-Surprising Christian Wallumrød
The recent release of Percolation, a solo album by the Norwegian pianist and composer Christian Wallumrød, was another reminder from this highly imaginative and highly idiosyncratic artist that mus…
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September 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Terrific opening night for 2025-26 season @wigmore-hall.org.uk, with magnificent Matthias Goerne accompanied by David Fray in Schubert's extraordinary Schwanengesang; the pianist then provided a riveting account of the composer's final piano sonata. Sheer magic.
September 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Terrific opening night for 2025-26 season @wigmore-hall.org.uk, with magnificent Matthias Goerne accompanied by David Fray in Schubert's extraordinary Schwanengesang; the pianist then provided a riveting account of the composer's final piano sonata. Sheer magic.
Just out in the UK, the best new movie I've seen so far this year… geoffandrew.com/2025/08/29/m...
Modest but Masterly: the Dardennes’ Brilliant ‘Young Mothers’
I have always failed to understand why the films of the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have seldom attained the box-office success they’ve deserved in the UK. I had been totally knoc…
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August 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Just out in the UK, the best new movie I've seen so far this year… geoffandrew.com/2025/08/29/m...
The Dardenne Brothers' new film, just released in the UK, is a marvel. Some words here… #Dardennes #YoungMothers #JeunesMères geoffandrew.com/2025/08/29/m...
Modest but Masterly: the Dardennes’ Brilliant ‘Young Mothers’
I have always failed to understand why the films of the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have seldom attained the box-office success they’ve deserved in the UK. I had been totally knoc…
geoffandrew.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Dardenne Brothers' new film, just released in the UK, is a marvel. Some words here… #Dardennes #YoungMothers #JeunesMères geoffandrew.com/2025/08/29/m...
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#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 10 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com 'Who else, warts and all, so perceptively or so generously? Therein lies Rohmer's abiding genius' @geoff-andrew.bsky.social on THE FOUR ADVENTURES REINETTE & MIRABELLE @ThePCCLondon capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2025/08/four...
Capital Celluloid
Tony Paley's daily guide to the best film screening in London today. Follow me on X at @tpaleyfilm
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August 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 10 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com 'Who else, warts and all, so perceptively or so generously? Therein lies Rohmer's abiding genius' @geoff-andrew.bsky.social on THE FOUR ADVENTURES REINETTE & MIRABELLE @ThePCCLondon capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2025/08/four...
RIP a special person. geoffandrew.com/2025/08/17/m...
Meetings with a Remarkable Man: Terence Stamp remembered
I was very saddened indeed to hear today of the passing of Terence Stamp. I met him just a few times, and certainly didn’t know him at all well. Like (it seems) all or most others who encount…
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August 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
RIP a special person. geoffandrew.com/2025/08/17/m...
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If you're in or around London this summer and fancy seeing some great art, here are a few tips, pics and words…
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Summer in the City: London’s treasure trove of art
London is always a great city for art, and while there are several current exhibitions I’ve yet to get to, this summer has some superb painting on offer, in addition to the many masterpieces on per…
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August 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you're in or around London this summer and fancy seeing some great art, here are a few tips, pics and words…
geoffandrew.com/2025/08/11/s...
geoffandrew.com/2025/08/11/s...
If you're in or around London this summer and fancy seeing some great art, here are a few tips, pics and words…
geoffandrew.com/2025/08/11/s...
geoffandrew.com/2025/08/11/s...
Summer in the City: London’s treasure trove of art
London is always a great city for art, and while there are several current exhibitions I’ve yet to get to, this summer has some superb painting on offer, in addition to the many masterpieces on per…
geoffandrew.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you're in or around London this summer and fancy seeing some great art, here are a few tips, pics and words…
geoffandrew.com/2025/08/11/s...
geoffandrew.com/2025/08/11/s...
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Some lovely new music just released. Some words and samples here…
Some lovely new music just released. Some words and samples here…
But Is It Jazz? Three New Albums
Frequent readers will probably have registered my admiration for the various musical offerings of saxophonist Trygve Seim and trumpeter Arve Henriksen, so are unlikely to be surprised by my enthusi…
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May 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Some lovely new music just released. Some words and samples here…
Some lovely new music just released. Some words and samples here…
geoffandrew.com/2025/05/19/b...
Some lovely new music just released. Some words and samples here…
Some lovely new music just released. Some words and samples here…
But Is It Jazz? Three New Albums
Frequent readers will probably have registered my admiration for the various musical offerings of saxophonist Trygve Seim and trumpeter Arve Henriksen, so are unlikely to be surprised by my enthusi…
geoffandrew.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
geoffandrew.com/2025/05/19/b...
Some lovely new music just released. Some words and samples here…
Some lovely new music just released. Some words and samples here…
Following my recent fairly transformative musical experience described geoffandrew.com/.../singing-... this is now my homework for next few weeks…
May 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Following my recent fairly transformative musical experience described geoffandrew.com/.../singing-... this is now my homework for next few weeks…
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5/9/72: Robert Altman's Images w/Susannah York (from her novel), Rene Auberjonois
More:
@steverose7.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/ap...
@geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/images
@antbit.projectedfigures.com: lwlies.com/articles/ima...
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Discover the fragmented horrors of this Robert Altman psychodrama
The writer/director’s idiosyncratic 1972 film Images is ripe for rediscovery.
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May 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
5/9/72: Robert Altman's Images w/Susannah York (from her novel), Rene Auberjonois
More:
@steverose7.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/ap...
@geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/images
@antbit.projectedfigures.com: lwlies.com/articles/ima...
More:
@steverose7.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/ap...
@geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/images
@antbit.projectedfigures.com: lwlies.com/articles/ima...
Tired of media nonsense about classical music being to 'chill out' to? Tonight's gig by @QuatuorDanel – Shostakovich & his underrated Polish friend Weinberg – anything but. Diverse deep passions; not about tuning out. Check out a superb concert @wigmore_hall or YouTube
May 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Tired of media nonsense about classical music being to 'chill out' to? Tonight's gig by @QuatuorDanel – Shostakovich & his underrated Polish friend Weinberg – anything but. Diverse deep passions; not about tuning out. Check out a superb concert @wigmore_hall or YouTube
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BOTD Bertrand Tavernier!!! MCCT5 5)Daddy Nostalgia 4)Safe Conduct 3)Life & Nothing But 2)Round Midnight 1)The Clockmaker
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Volker Schlöndorff: www.criterion.com/current/post...
Thrilling, w/ @geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQE...
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In conversation with... Bertrand Tavernier, on the history of French cinema
YouTube video by BFI
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April 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BOTD Bertrand Tavernier!!! MCCT5 5)Daddy Nostalgia 4)Safe Conduct 3)Life & Nothing But 2)Round Midnight 1)The Clockmaker
More From:
Us: midcenturycinema.org/2024/02/26/n...
Volker Schlöndorff: www.criterion.com/current/post...
Thrilling, w/ @geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQE...
More From:
Us: midcenturycinema.org/2024/02/26/n...
Volker Schlöndorff: www.criterion.com/current/post...
Thrilling, w/ @geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQE...