DALEKMANIA IS BACK! I really like Daleks, so to celebrate the launch of my book I would love you to come and watch the two greatest films (featuring Daleks) of all time and space!
Lillian Crawford
@lillcrawf.co.uk
Writer and curator • Stims Collective • PhD on Screen Two • Listen to Lillian • The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who • www.lillcrawf.co.uk • listentolillian.substack.com • lilliancrawford13s@gmail.com
A pleasure to discuss François Ozon’s adaptation of The Stranger with the maestro himself for @sightsoundmag.bsky.social. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/f...
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It’s the 25th anniversary of Amélie and Autism Awareness month so I thought I’d celebrate by writing about both for A Rabbit’s Foot. a-rabbitsfoot.com/stories/the-...
The fabulous autism of Amélie and me - A Rabbit's Foot
Amélie, for many, was the first time they had seen a neurodivergent woman depicted on screen. As it turns 25, film writer Lillian Crawford pens a personal essay in praise of Jeunet's heroine.
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Glorious to interview Celyn Jones about Madfabulous for @sightsoundmag.bsky.social. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/c...
How we brought the ‘Madfabulous’ life of Wales’s ‘dancing marquess’ to the screen
In his second feature as director, Welsh star Celyn Jones tells the story of the extraordinarily flamboyant lifestyle of the 5th Marquess of Anglesey. Following its world premiere at BFI Flare, we spo...
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My latest in brief review for @thetls.bsky.social looks at an extraordinary collection of Tom Gunning’s essays. www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Phantasmagoria
A large black steam locomotive appears on the horizon. It drives forward towards the left of the screen and disappears beyond the periphery. This scene,
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There’s fascinating overlap between the lives and careers of Ed Wood and Radley Metzger, as explored in my latest feature review for @thetls.bsky.social. www.the-tls.com/arts/film/ed...
More Hamlet than King Leer
At a time when Deep Throat (1972) and Behind the Green Door (also 1972) turned pornographic cinema into a major commercial industry, two film-makers attempted to capitalize on cinephilic lust. Edward ...
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My latest for The New Statesman is on the many Brides of Frankenstein in the history of cinema and the doomed pursuit of man to create woman. www.newstatesman.com/culture/film...
Who is Frankenstein's Bride?
Maggie Gyllenhaal's new film follows a long history of men reanimating women
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Explore the history and legacy of Screen Two through the pages I have created for BBC History, online now. canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/screentwo/
Screen Two at 40
Lillian Crawford, writer and PhD researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, uncovers the strand which saw the single television play transition to BBC Film from 1985 to 1998, Screen Two.
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Heavenly episode of the @lwlies.com podcast with @daveyjenkins.bsky.social and @leilalatif.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The Testament of Anne Lee + Mona Fastvold | Sirat | The Gold Diggers Of 1933 (1933)
Podcast Episode · Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast · 27 February · 1h 25m
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I had so much fun being interviewed by Bella!
bellawatchesfilms@bellawatchesfilms.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt was an honor to speak to @lillcrawf.co.uk for the next edition of my interview series! She's an incredible critic and has done amazing work to make the cultural world more accessible for neurodivergent people like ourselves. Read the full interview here! open.substack.com/pub/bellawat...
This week’s newsletter expands on a review of Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin I wrote six years ago. open.substack.com/pub/listento...
Getting Under the Skin
Reflections past and present on Jonathan Glazer's visceral opus.
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Such an honour to share this wonderful recording with Isabel Sandoval on Tony Scott’s The Hunger. open.substack.com/pub/listento...
The Hunger (1983) with Isabel Sandoval
Listen now (50 mins) | The Queen of Sensual Cinema weighs in on sapphic vampires and British film.
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Such a treat to chat with Emerald Fennell about her favourite ‘Love Stories’ for the BFI. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/e...
“There’s a kind of wet heat in there that you can feel”: Emerald Fennell on 7 films that influenced her version of Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell loves films that provoke a reaction, as her list of influences on “Wuthering Heights” goes to show. She talks us through seven films that – like Emily Brontë’s novel – are sure to unse...
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I loved writing the programme notes for this upcoming screening of Freaks at the DCA, available to read now via the link. www.dca.org.uk/events/g9q-a...
Artist's Choice Screening: Dundead presents Freaks - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Andrew Gannon has selected Freaks as his Artist's Choice Screening for We Contain Multitudes, showing as February's Dundead screening. Gannon says - Tod Browning's Freaks, a film set in the world of a...
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How did we get to Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights”? Following a delightful conversation with the maestra herself, I reflect on the history of adapting this glorious, sprawling novel including a few thoughts on the latest version that has got everyone talking.
Whither Wuthering Heights?
A history of adapting Emily Brontë's novel and how we got to Emerald Fennell.
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Film critic and writer @reaffirmsfaith.bsky.social is my guest this week on the podcast exploring the history of British cinema and culture. Her film selection is Bright Star (2009), the gorgeous biographical film about the relationship between John Keats and Fanny Brawne, directed by Jane Campion.
Bright Star (2009) with Fatima Sheriff
Listen now (59 mins) | This week's podcast explores the lyrical beauty of John Keats as represented in Jane Campion's sumptuous biographical film.
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You’ve been a long way away. Thank you for coming back to me. I am back at listentolillian.substack.com. I hope you will join me.
Listen to Lillian | Lillian Crawford | Substack
A blog and podcast by Lillian Crawford looking at the history and legacy of British cinema and television. Click to read Listen to Lillian, by Lillian Crawford, a Substack publication with hundreds of...
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My début book, The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who explores autistic and neurodivergent resonance in the greatest television series of all time, featuring personal reflections and interviews. It is available to pre-order now: www.hernebooks.com/product-page...
This week’s essay is a lengthy reflection on my relationship with Derek Jarman and his home, Prospect Cottage.
Come into The Garden
On my relationship to Derek Jarman and his Dungeness home, Prospect Cottage.
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The latest episode of the Listen to Lillian podcast is a Tilda Swinton special featuring Madeleine Wulfahrt. We discuss the poetic brilliance of Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio and Sally Potter’s Orlando.
Caravaggio (1986) and Orlando (1992) with Madeleine Wulfahrt
Listen now (50 mins) | This week's episode is a double-feature Tilda Swinton special.
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The second feature essay for Listen to Lillian explores the history of adapting Jane Austen’s works, including two Screen Two productions: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
Austen & Adaptation
A tour of cinematic interpretations of Jane Austen in Britain and across the pond.
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The second episode of the Listen to Lillian podcast features the wonderful @lauravenning.bsky.social discussing one of the most formidable Jane Austen adaptations, 1995’s Sense and Sensibility.
Sense and Sensibility (1995) with Laura Venning
Listen now (53 mins) | This week's episode explores a masterful adaptation of Jane Austen's first novel.
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In my first new Listen to Lillian essay I explored Alan Clarke’s relationship with Screen Two and the two incredible plays he directed for the strand: Contact and The Firm.
Alan Clarke and Screen Two
A contextual introduction to one of Britain's finest directors.
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