August 2026

Best First Viewings:

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (Mikio Naruse, 1935)

The Man I Love (Raoul Walsh, 1946)

The River’s Edge (Allan Dwan, 1957)

The Sands of Dee (D.W. Griffith, 1912)

The Sniper (Edward Dmytryk, 1952)

Reprisal! (George Sherman, 1956)

Witness in the City (Édouard Molinaro, 1959) 

I Graduated, But… (Yasujirō Ozu, 1929)

The Fear (Allan Dwan, 1912)

Books Read:

Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton

In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator), Thomas J. Harper, (Translator & Afterword), Charles Moore (Foreword)

If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King

Andromeda and Other Poems by Charles Kingsley

Louise Brooks: A Biography by Barry Paris

Tokyo Story (BFI Film Classics) by Alastair Phillips

The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog, Michael Hofmann (Translator)

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō, Nobuyuki Yuasa (Translator)

Happy Yorkshire Day!

Roundhay Garden Scene (Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, 1888)

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, 1888)

https://hpph.co.uk/journal/leeds-films-we-love-from-1888-to-2023 

July 2026

Best First Viewings:

Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (Judy Rymer, Sam Neill, 1995) - R.I.P. Sam Neill (1947-2026)

Beggars of Life (William A. Wellman, 1928)

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)

The Dance of the Damned Women (Ingmar Bergman, 1976)

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (D.W. Griffith, 1912)

The Shepherd of the Hills (Henry Hathaway, 1941)

The Growler Story (John Ford, 1957)

The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948)

Seeing in the Rain (Chris Gallagher, 1982)

Stellar (Stan Brakhage, 1993)

Books Read:

Making Ryan's Daughter: The Myths, Madness and Mastery by Paul Benedict Rowan

Open Range - Negotiating a Traditional Western in the 21st Century by Johannes Steinl (Seminar paper, eBook edition)

A Practical Guide to Happiness in Adults on the Autism Spectrum: A Positive Psychology Approach by Victoria Honeybourne

John Ford, Revised and Enlarged Edition (Movie Paperbacks) by Peter Bogdanovich

Stagecoach (BFI Film Classics) by Edward Buscombe

The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel

Obsession by Lionel White

The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes by C.S. Lewis

Cat Chaser by Elmore Leonard

Bergman on Bergman: Interviews with Ingmar Bergman by Ingmar Bergman, Stig Björkman, Torsten Manns, Jonas Sima