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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 feature-length documentaries Norman Foster, and the 30-year relationship between Alberto Giacometti and the English painter Isabel Rawsthorne.

Articles By Mark Kidel

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads, Netflix review - a story well told but marred by clichéd style

Saturday, 28 March 2020 Read more...

Album: Sufjan Stevens &. Lowell Brams - Aporia

Thursday, 26 March 2020 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: Raining in the Mountain

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 Read more...

Album: Moonlight Benjamin - Simido

Thursday, 20 February 2020 Read more...

Blu-ray: 8 ½

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 Read more...

The Hu, O2 Academy, Bristol review - heavy metal meets throat-singing

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 Read more...

Lonnie Holley, Cube, Bristol review - outsider with vision

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 Read more...

CD: Tennis - Swimmer

Saturday, 08 February 2020 Read more...

Anaïs Mitchell, Bonny Light Horseman, Roundhouse review - heart-warming folk bliss

Monday, 03 February 2020 Read more...

Fatoumata Diawara, Roundhouse review - Malian magic on show

Friday, 31 January 2020 Read more...

Blu-ray: Night Tide

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 Read more...

Albums of the Year 2019: Nick Cave - Ghosteen

Friday, 27 December 2019 Read more...

CD: El Khat - Saadia Jefferson

Friday, 22 November 2019 Read more...

CD: DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age

Wednesday, 13 November 2019 Read more...

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Village Underground review - more than a homage to Fela

Wednesday, 06 November 2019 Read more...

BaBa ZuLa, Jazz Cafe review - much more than mere entertainment from 'Turkish Psych' specialists

Monday, 04 November 2019 Read more...

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Two-Piano Gala, Kings Place review - shining constellations

Never mind the permutations (anything up to eight hands on the two pianos); feel the unwavering quality of the eight pianists and the 13 works,...

Music Reissues Weekly: Marc and the Mambas - Three Black Nig...

A month after Soft Cell’s "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" single peaked at number three in the UK charts, Marc Almond issued a single credited to Marc...

Troilus and Cressida, Globe Theatre review - a 'problem...

The Globe’s authenticity is its USP, so don’t expect the air-conditioning, the plush seats and the expectant hush of the National...

Album: Mobb Deep - Infinite

Eight years after Prodigy’s untimely passing, Mobb Deep are gracing our sound systems once again with unreleased vocals and brand new music. With...

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

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