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The Black Archive #62: Kinda

The Black Archive #62: Kinda

A deep dive into the four-part Doctor Who story Kinda (1982) for the lauded Black Archive series of books.

2022

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PUBLICATIONS: 2022–2023

Recent books, chapters and essays on film and television

12 min readDec 8, 2023

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PUBLICATIONS: 2022–2023

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PUBLICATIONS: 2020–2021

Recent books, chapters and essays on film and television

6 min readJul 27, 2022

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PUBLICATIONS: 2020–2021

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PUBLICATIONS: 2010–2019

Books, chapters and essays on film and television

12 min readJul 26, 2022

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PUBLICATIONS: 2010–2019

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SOLDIER AND ME (1974)

Realism, class and landscape in Granada Television’s adaptation of Lionel Davidson‘s young adult fiction ‘Run For Your Life’.

22 min readApr 28, 2024

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SOLDIER AND ME (1974)

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DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966)

Director Terence Fisher revives Christopher Lee’s Dracula for Hammer’s lush, atmospheric sequel.

18 min readApr 7, 2024

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DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966)

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THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951)

Ealing’s evergreen satire on commerce and manufacturing, industrial relations, progress and class.

12 min readMar 22, 2024

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THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951)

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CORONATION STREET: An Evening with Tony Warren

Granada Television’s ‘little experiment’ pleaded “Let me write what I know about” and, twice-weekly in 1960, he did.

11 min readFeb 28, 2024

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CORONATION STREET: An Evening with Tony Warren

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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1960)

Female revenge, hereditary madness and Freudian architecture in Roger Corman’s first Edgar Allan Poe adaptation.

19 min readFeb 16, 2024

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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1960)

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THE CONVERSATION (1974)

What you secretly see and hear isn’t necessarily the truth in Coppola’s classic 1970s paranoid thriller.

19 min readFeb 3, 2024

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THE CONVERSATION (1974)

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RIFIFI (1955)

Domesticity, violence and the anti-hero in Hollywood exile Jules Dassin’s transatlantic film noir.

15 min readJan 24, 2024

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RIFIFI (1955)

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Frank Collins

Frank Collins

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Freelance writer and film and television researcher. Contributes to a number of home entertainment releases, books and websites about television and cinema.

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