When I was about sixteen I saw Alan Parker’s ‘Midnight Express’ for the first time. When I emerged, blinking and speechless, devastated by the juxtaposed human extremes of light and darkness and drained by the sheer overwhelming emotional...
I like Americans and in particular I like their straightforwardness. I will explain why. There is a peculiar distinction between us and our American cousins that has become obvious recently as I am in consideration to direct what may be a rather substantial and...