David Thomson

Thomson brother signs up for Global Yacht Race

Yachting World news (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

Briton Alex Alley has announced his co-skipper for the Global Ocean Race 2010/11 as Gosport based David Thomson

David Thomson on Frank Langella

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

... even. Or just some bum off the street with a ravaged face and a tricky little box. Frank Langella David Thomson guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

David Thomson on Isabelle Huppert

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

David Thomson: I doubt that in the history of the movies we've ever before had women in their 50s standing above all others. But Isabelle Huppert is one 'Who the hell is Isabelle Huppert?" The question rang through the offices of United Artists nearly 30 years ago, when Michael Cimino tried to cast the role of Ella in Heaven's Gate. The executive in charge of production, Steven...

Gable acc. to David Thomson, film historian, understander of sexual charisma, smart guy

hamid & company (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The significance of Nine for Anthony Minghella's legacy

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

Two years after his sudden death, what may turn out be Anthony Minghella's final work, Nine – an all-star musical about a director in dilemma – is about to appear. David Thomson hymns his friend 'Ant' Nine will open wide in America on Christmas Day, and it is certain to be a major contender in the Oscar race. It is the movie version of the musical (book by Arthur Kopit, music...

Ocean G. West left a comment for Judy Hussie-Taylor

Art reviw Alex Stalenbertg (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Ralph Lemon, Wangechi Mutu, Trajal Harrell, Jack Ferver,Joan Jonas, Trisha Brown, David Thomson, Bill Viola

Latest press release from Revision Committee on Women in the Episcopate

Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

By David Thomson, Bishop's Blog The Revision Committee met for its third scheduled meeting yesterday (13 November) since 8 October (see earlier statement). It concluded a substantial exploration of ways in which the draft legislation could be amended to enable certain functions to be vested by statute in bishops who would provide oversight for those unable [...]

• Revision Committee on Women in the Episcopate - Anglican Mainstream
• Women Bishops - more from the revision committee - Thinking Anglicans

Oscar likes fresh faces

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

... 'the girl from nowhere' has always been a very fulfilling idea for show business," film historian David Thomson says. "Those notions confirm the whole nature of Hollywood."Examples abound. In 1974 newcomer Tatum O'Neill won the best supporting actress Oscar for "Paper Moon." Twenty years later, Anna Paquin repeated the same feat with "The Piano."This year's "nowhere girls" include...

Berlinale unveils 60th anni retro pics

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Film Festivals: David Thomson selects films for section -- The Berlin Film Festival, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in February, will shine a spotlight on some of its most memorable and pioneering films in a 40-pic retrospective under the heading Play it Again!

Berlin Film Festival to mark 60th anniversary with retrospective

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

... the controversial films of yesterday have become the classics of today," said British film critic David Thomson who put together the festival's 40-film retrospective. The films to be screened will also underscore how the Berlinale moved to screen films from the other side of the Iron Curtain as the Cold War descended on Europe. More recently, with the fall of Berlin Wall, the Berlinale...

Edward Hopper's Usherette

The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

From David Thomson's The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood: Was [Edward] Hopper a realist, or was he dreaming as he painted this picture? Were we asleep at the movies in those days? Did all of us want to get...

Ad watchdog upholds wind farm complaint

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

... the campaign group opposed to the wind farm that lodged the complaints, said he was "pleased".David Thomson, project officer for Viking Energy, a consortium of Shetland Islands Council and Scottish & Southern Energy, said: "All the information we make available is produced with the best of intentions to help meet the demand for knowledge from the local community so we apologise unreservedly...

The honorary Oscars: why you should care

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

The Oscars ceremony is changing its rules to stop the television audience from shrinking, but shunting the honorary awards to an earlier date only serves to make it less relevant, says David Thomson In awarding the Oscars for 2010, the Academy has chosen to give the Irving Thalberg award (its highest individual distinction) to John Calley. Now, you may not know who Calley is, and that...

SPL makes offer on kick-offs

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Scotland are now playing a friendly international in Cardiff that afternoon with a 3pm kick-off with the game being shown live on Sky Sports. David Thomson, operations director at Hampden, said: "When the fixtures were arranged this Saturday was due to be a play-off match for Scotland's World Cup campaign and we would certainly have worked around that. The Wales match was only arranged...

Orson Welles: The most glorious film failure of them all

{ feuilleton } (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

Orson Welles: The most glorious film failure of them all | David Thomson on why Welles still fascinates.