The boldest translations of book to film usually make for the best cinema, argues Brian McFarlane
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Greene thoughts in a Greene shade
Brian McFarlane reviews a hard-to-classify account of the influence of Graham Greene
09 Aug 12 Comments (0)Alive and well in London
Brian McFarlane reviews a classic theatrical revival, a new play paired with an old one, and a musical adapted from a film for the stage
25 Jun 12 Comments (0)How weird does this mob still seem?
Impossibly remote in many ways, the late fifties are portrayed with verve and nuance in John O’Grady’s bestselling novel, writes Brian McFarlane
01 May 12 Comments (0)Going to the movies, writing about the movies
Brian McFarlane on the life and work of the formidable American critic, Pauline Kael
15 Feb 12 Comments (0)Plum pudding
Brian McFarlane reviews a huge collection of the correspondence of the very prolific P.G. Wodehouse
18 Jan 12 Comments (2)Caught again by Catch-22
On its fiftieth anniversary Brian McFarlane rereads Joseph Heller’s classic anti-war novel
22 Aug 11 Comments (0)The ages of Gielgud
Brian McFarlane reviews a perceptive biography of actor-director-manager John Gielgud
07 Jul 11 Comments (0)What are critics for?
Brian McFarlane reviews a new collection of critical essays about contemporary novels
14 Jun 11 Comments (0)A first: John Lang, Australian novelist
BOOKS | Brian McFarlane reviews a novel by an Australian, set in Britain and first published in India
27 Jan 11 Comments (0)“I needed to know all about them. And, more than that, I needed to write about them”
PODCAST | Brian McFarlane talks to Peter Clarke about a lifetime at the movies
23 Dec 10 Comments (0)The truth and nothing but
BOOKS | Maria Edgeworth’s last novel shows the influence of Jane Austen but also foreshadows Elizabeth Gaskell’s broader social range, writes Brian McFarlane
16 Sep 10 Comments (0)Nineteen Eighty-Four turns sixty
It hasn’t happened yet, but Nineteen Eighty-Four has enough threads of prescience to keep us alert, writes Brian McFarlane
09 Jun 09 Comments (1)The rise and rise of Jane Austen
No matter how bad the adaptation or how silly the praise, Jane Austen’s novels contain some of the truest insights into human behaviour ever committed to the page, writes Brian McFarlane
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