Whether or not the name is familiar, Dixon of Dock Green is one of the most influential British television shows ever. Without it, the police procedural on both small and big screens would be a very different proposition. But before any of that, it too had its own genesis and […]
Basil Deardan
Pool of London (1951) Blazing a Trail for Black British Cinema (Review)
Studio Canal’s latest presentation of London’s finest cinema exponent, Ealing studios, defied all expectations for what one of their films should be. Basil Dearden’s Pool of London evokes the charm associated with an Ealing film whilst also including a complexity beyond the studio’s typical relationship with criminality. An approach to […]