Author Spotlight

Nick James

Nick James is the former editor of Sight and Sound magazine. His book on Michael Mann’s Heat was published in 2002. He has written for many publications and is a frequent contributor to Sight and Sound and the Observer.

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Code Unknown: Eurovisions

Michael Haneke’s politically prescient drama explores the tenuous, uneasy connections between inhabitants of a globally interwoven Europe.

By Nick James

Thief: Where Nothing Means Nothing

With economy and panache, Michael Mann established his existential crime drama style with this breakthrough first feature.

By Nick James

Blue: Bare Necessities
The thematic ideas and inspirations that sparked Three Colors: Blue (1993), though typically ambitious in scope, seem sketchy when compared to the intense experience of watching this exquisite film. We know that Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors…

By Nick James

The Small Back Room: Whisky Galore!

This modest-scale psychological drama by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger follows an explosives expert with a drinking problem who harbors a great deal of bitterness.

By Nick James