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RIP Harold Pinter
Forward to Yesterday —   A bit of Christmas bummer via Greencine. I’m still making up my mind about whether or not the Nobel Prize winning Mr. Pinter was a great writer for me, personally, (and I need to revisit even the relatively small part of his work I already know and important works I’ve missed, particularly the film of Betrayal, or any version of “The Dumbwaiter” and, I guess, The Homecoming…which I think I’ve seen in some in some form…maybe). However, there’s certainly no denying his influence both on the stage and screen worlds. For me, watching his ...

Why The Servant is one of the best memorials to Pinter
Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk — There is hardly time or space for anything more than a footnote on the subject of Harold Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve at the age of 78. But this week I found myself watching The Servant – the 1963 film Pinter scripted for director Joseph Losey, starring James Fox and Dirk Bogarde. I marvelled at its eerie dreamlike quality, particularly in ...