http://standpointmag.co.uk/taxonomy/term/130 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://standpointmag.co.uk/counterpoints-may-13-poetry-in-motion-pictures-c-p-nield-james-bond <p><b>Author:</b>C. P. Nield </p> <p>Dial M for Tennyson: Judi Dench in “Skyfall” </p><p style="text-align: justify">Skyfall continued the comeback for the James Bond franchise. It has provided a more surprising renaissance for Alfred, Lord Tennyson. When M battles for her job in front of an acid-tongued parliamentary committee, her reputation in tatters and her country under attack from the cyber-terrorist Silva, what does she reach for? Bond’s trusty Beretta 418? One of Q’s exploding pens? No. She unleashes a far more potent weapon: the immortal rhetoric of Tennyson’s “Ulysses”. </p><p><a href="http://standpointmag.co.uk/counterpoints-may-13-poetry-in-motion-pictures-c-p-nield-james-bond"><span>read more</span></a></p> http://standpointmag.co.uk/counterpoints-may-13-poetry-in-motion-pictures-c-p-nield-james-bond#comments Counterpoints Carol Ann Duffy Cinema Film James Bond Poetry Tennyson Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:22:16 +0100 Frances Weaver 4992 at http://standpointmag.co.uk http://standpointmag.co.uk/film-may-13-are-you-excited-i-prefer-oblivion-tom-cruise-almodovar-im-so-excited <p><b>Author:</b>Peter Whittle</p><p>A return to fluffiness: From left to right, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo and Javier Cámara in “I’m So Excited”</p><p><a href="http://standpointmag.co.uk/film-may-13-are-you-excited-i-prefer-oblivion-tom-cruise-almodovar-im-so-excited"><span>read more</span></a></p> http://standpointmag.co.uk/film-may-13-are-you-excited-i-prefer-oblivion-tom-cruise-almodovar-im-so-excited#comments Film Film I&#039;m So Excited Oblivion Olga Kurylenko Pedro Almodovar Tom Cruise Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:23:00 +0100 Frances Weaver 4963 at http://standpointmag.co.uk