Named after the West London studio where they were produced, Britain's post-WWII Ealing comedies have been traditionally regarded as classics: witty laffers with wry social commentary. The march of ...
Ealing comedies are so wonderful aren’t they? Transporting us back to post-war Britain at a time when it seemed much easier to mix darkness and comedy. This collection of three films, each starring ...
This third collection of less well-known (or unknown) movies from the British studio that ran from the early 1930s to 1959 includes two very minor low-budget B-movies from those early years when it ...
Although Ealing Studios did not exclusively make comedies actually, less than ten percent of their output was comic it is the run of comedies from the late 40s into the 50s that the studio is best ...
Film historian Charles Barr looks back at the comedy heritage of the world-famous Ealing Studios. A further Irish connection had been shrewdly pointed out by the Irish critic Anthony Roche, author of ...
Looking back at the early days of cinema allows us not only the opportunity to see the development of our favourite medium but also discover the hidden gems which may have been forgotten. Network ...
This week, BFI Palgrave MacMillan releaseEaling Revisited, a new collection of essays on what is, arguably, the most iconic and best loved studio in British cinema history. This week, BFI Palgrave ...
The first volume of this series was disappointing, but this one is both valuable and entertaining. The first disc from pre-Michael Balcon days has the more significant films. The likable 18th-century ...
Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Elstree, Pinewood, Shepperton: you hear the names and you think of cameras turning in front of thousands of British movies. But would ...
Ealing: Light and Dark will take place from Oct 22-Dec 30. Ealing Studios will be celebrated as part of a two month retrospective project, presented by the BFI, entitled Ealing: Light and Dark. The ...