Geoff Andrew

Movies, music and books for Christmas – and beyond… December again. For some years, I’ve posted recommendations for recent BluRay/DVD releases, CDs and books that might be of use for anyone wondering what Christmas gifts to buy. (I find choosi…

If you're wondering about movies, music or books that might make good Christmas gifts… geoffandrew.com/2025/12/02/m...

Movies, music and books for Christmas – and beyond… December again. For some years, I’ve posted recommendations for recent BluRay/DVD releases, CDs and books that might be of use for anyone wondering what Christmas gifts to buy. (I find choosi…

If you're wondering about movies, music or books that might make good Christmas gifts… geoffandrew.com/2025/12/02/m...

Might it be because QT is a) not as bright as he likes to think he is, b) not very generous to fellow compatriot and contemporary filmmakers, c) somewhat macho in his aspirations and ideals, d) a filmmaker who has proved to be something of a disappointment given his initial promise? Just asking…

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…

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…

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...

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,…

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,…

There's a new Alan Bennett film in UK cinemas. Some words… geoffandrew.com/2025/11/12/s...

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 …

Some words on The Marbles, a doc screening at a number of venues from this weekend. geoffandrew.com/2025/10/28/t...

#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...

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…

If you like Arvo Pärt (and other melodic new music) you might try sampling the sounds here… geoffandrew.com/2025/10/21/w...

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 …

Some words on a new documentary coming up in the UK next week... geoffandrew.com/2025/10/28/t...

I am (and own many albums of his music) and have written about him in the past on my website.

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…

If you like Arvo Pärt (and other melodic new music) you might try sampling the sounds here… geoffandrew.com/2025/10/21/w...

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…

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.

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…

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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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.

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…

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…

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...

#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...

Can you clarify ‘extremely mid’? Probably an intentional contradiction in terms, but…

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…

RIP a special person. geoffandrew.com/2025/08/17/m...

Not one by Tarantino, anyway, as far as I’m concerned.

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…

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...

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…

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...

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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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/2025/05/19/b...
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…

Discover the fragmented horrors of this Robert Altman psychodrama The writer/director’s idiosyncratic 1972 film Images is ripe for rediscovery.

5/9/72: Robert Altman's Images w/Susannah York (from her novel), Rene Auberjonois
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