Category: Obituary

Christopher Reeve is the ultimate Superman. Donning the red cape and boots. He’s known as Superman to the world but ‘dad’ to his children. After an equestrian accident in 1995 left him paralysed, Christopher Reeve’s journey took on a different meaning. Super/Man looks behind the hero in the cape.

There are not many words to introduce the latest podcast from Filmotomy. On 22nd November 2020 we all sadly lost Jonathan Holmes. There were so…

In this world, there’s no way of accounting for the daily rate of births, and what life has in store for them. With loss, we…

Recalling, and unable to shake off, the tragic events in Alton, Texas in 1989, when 21 children died in a bus accident, Russell Banks wrote…

The legendary Swedish actor, Max von Sydow, sadly passed away at the age of 90. An actor so ingrained and respected across decades of cinema…

Many people say that Doris Day brought a special ray of sunshine into the world, and they are not wrong. Hearing of her passing felt…

“I had a world. I don’t think I had a career. I made films.” Agnès Varda Today the world woke to sad news. Celebrated Belgian-born…

If you’re not having a good time, find something else that gives you joy in life Penny Marshall Penny Marshall is perhaps best known for…

“Humour was not important just for me, humour was important for this nation for centuries, to survive.” Today the world woke to some tragic news,…

About three years ago I wanted to write about the various, lasting directorial débuts in movie history, not just in my lifetime, but before I was even born….

Having recently delved into the cinematic year of wonder that is 1961, it was an easy selection to include the emotive turn from Jeanne Moreau…