mark kidel
Bio
Mark is a documentary filmmaker and writer specialising in the arts and music. Recent films include "Becoming Cary Grant" (Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival 2017), "The Juilliard Experiment" (2016) "Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance ", "Road Movie: A Portrait of John Adams", "Painting the Moment", a film about the French painter Fabienne Verdier and "Martin Amis's England". He is current developing a feature-length documentary on Leonard Cohen, and a documentary portrait of soul singer PP Arnold.
Articles By Mark Kidel
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The New Normal, Royal Victoria Patriotic Building review - s...
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theartsdesk Q&A: Record label New Heavy Sounds
New Heavy Sounds is one of Britain’s most exciting and undersung labels. Founded in 2011, they have consistently released music that boasts...
Album: Deep Purple - Whoosh!
That Deep Purple are still putting out albums over 50 years since they first got together and still have three members of their early 70s classic...
Moses und Aron, Komische Oper Berlin, OperaVision review – c...
Barrie Kosky’s production of Moses und Aron was staged at the Komische Oper...
Theatre Unlocked 3: Signs of activity after a long siesta
After a weeklong hiatus due to an absence of noteworthy material, this column is back heralding the return, as well, of something resembling live...
An American Pickle review - sweet and sour screwball comedy
Seth Rogen offers up double the laughs by taking on both lead roles in a time-hopping, Rip-Van-Winkle screwball...
The Deceived, Channel 5 review - who's fooling who?
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again, except somebody had renamed it The House at Knockdara. This was the title of the first...
Young Ahmed review - jihadist drama misses the mark
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Album: Conrad Schnitzler & Frank Bretschneider - Con-Str...
When does the avant-garde become folk? Both of the...
Little Birds, Sky Atlantic review - decadence and intrigue i...
Diarist, novelist and writer of erotica Anaïs Nin lived a brilliantly-...