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🔥Cynthia Erivo to receive recognition at London Critics' Circle Film Awards

"Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo will be honored at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards. She will receive the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation. read full news

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DEREK MALCOLM (1932-Died July 15th 2023,at 91.Lung & heart failure).British film critic,one of the countries foremost critics.active within the Berlin & London Film Festivals,and a president of the British Federation of Film Societies.He appeared regularly on the Sky Arts tv series,Discovering Film,criiquing the careers of movies stars and directors and films.Derek Malcolm - Wikipedia

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At Eton, if you were a fag master you chose the prettiest fag from among the lower boys. You just liked to have a pretty fag - I suppose it was a substitute for girls. The funny thing was, if you shagged one of the maids you were instantly expelled, but if you had anything to do with boys you got a severe ticking-off. And you hoped that by the end of your career at Eton you didn't turn out to be gay. Eton produced a lot of people who had John Peel's experience - mutual masturbation and all that sort of thing - but nobody was raped in my day.

Derek Malcolm, film critic.

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Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla Speak On Their Experience At NFDC Film Bazaar!

One of the most most talked about documentaries on current Indian political scenario is Proposition for a Revolution by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla. The film is about the rise of anti-corruption protests in India and the formation and rise to power of the Aam Aadmi Party. It aims to chronicle the journey of the…

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Derek Malcolm’s “Gravity” Review Epitomizes the Pragmatic Approach

★★★¾☆

3.73 stars for Derek Malcolm’s 456‑word review of “Gravity” on This is London

http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/gravity-venice-film-festival--film-review-8787500.html

Style and substance can’t afford to be divorced in the review form, and Derek Malcolm’s “Gravity—film review” knows it, offering a lean and pragmatic take audiences should find riveting.

Gravity—Film Review wastes no time at all delving—or rather launching—into its subject matter, and for its naked objectivity it doesn’t feel apathetic. This ends up being the case throughout the review, a fine piece made up of tight scenes rather than broad movements.

Malcolm’s vision in this sense works wonders. What might have been a wordy exposition or a dull bit of monotone storytelling in the hands of a lesser author manages to feel very warm indeed; its pragmatism belies a real heart underneath the restrained critique. It’s all style. It’s all substance. The two are inextricable.

The third act of Gravity—Film Review is unfortunately the weakest, as it manages to get bogged down in external details rather than maintaining its tight focus. Malcolm’s work is still very good, no doubt, but it does manage here to lose a bit of its charm.  

A final scene contextualizes Gravity—Film Review and concludes strongly, although it could have managed to do more with its material.  

Audiences should find plenty to love about Gravity—Film Review, which manages to make the author’s difficult choices throughout seem effortless. It’s a quality offering that, in spite of some flaws, absolutely warrants repeat readings.

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Malcolm’s Review of I “Give It a Year” Provides Nothing More Than a Cast List

★★⅛☆☆

2.1 stars for Derek Malcolm’s 212‑word review of “I Give It a Year” on This is London

http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/film/i-give-it-a-year--review-8486433.html

Hate typically implies a heavy investment. To truly hate something there has to be an intense passion for it. So, to put it mildly you wont’t hate Derek Malcolm’s “review” of I Give It a Year, “I Give It a Year—Review”, you’ll be indifferent towards it.

While mastering the art of spoiler avoidance it would appear that Derek has also mastered review avoidance as well. Providing a list of the cast and the characters that each cast member inhabits is an element of criticism, but a review it does not make on its own right. The entire effort feels rushed and provides no new insight that the Wikipedia page for the film couldn’t provide have provided.

If you read this review you more than likely will forget it 15 minutes afterwards. Its as empty as a vacuum and as meaningless as a campaign promise. It is so atrocious in fact that even Malcolm’s die-hard readers will be forced to reconsider relying on him for their movies reviews.

Ultimately, it will take you less time to forget this review then to read it in the first place so don’t bother doing either, and pass on it altogether. There are far better alternatives.

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Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan' wins the Golden Peacock

Punjabi film ‘Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan’ (Alms for a Blind Horse) has bagged the prestigious Golden Peacock award at the 43rd International Film Festival of India 2012. Directed by Gurvinder Singh and produced by the National Film Development Corporation (NDFC), the film which is based on a Punjabi novel by Gurdial Singh, depicts the plight and problems of Indian farmers as well as the landlords. The director received the award consisting of a Golden Peacock, a citation and a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh at a glittering closing ceremony in Campal-Panaji. In other awards annouced, South Korean director Kyu-Hwan Jeon won the Best Director Award for his film ‘The Weight’. While the Best Actor Award went to Marcin Dorocinski for his portrayal of a World War II Polish soldier in the movie ‘Rose’; the Best Actress Award was bagged by Anjali Patil for her role in the Sri Lankan film ‘With You, Without You’. The Special Jury Award went to the Cuban film ‘Una Noche’ directed by Lucy Mulloy. The winners were selected by the five member Competition Jury consisting of jury chairman Goutam Ghose from India, Romanian Anamaria Marinca, British Derek Malcolm, Polish Lech Majewski and Sri Lankan Dr Malani Fonseka. Mira Nair’s film ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’, was conferred the Indian Cinema Centenary Award instituted for this edition of the festival. Telegu film star Nandamuri Balakrishna was the chief guest at the closing ceremony anchored by Rohit Roy and Simone Singh, while Australian director Paul Cox was the Special Guest. The function saw film personalities Shreyas Talpade, Jackie Shroff, Vishal Bhardwaj, Payal Rohatgi, among others in attendance.

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An intriguing and well made film that digs deep into the story of a great pretender.

Evening Standard - Derek Malcolm - ★★★★