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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

CD: Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile

Sunday, 22 February 2015 Read more...

The Life and Times of Fanny Hill, Bristol Old Vic

Friday, 13 February 2015 Read more...

CD: Bob Dylan - Shadows in the Night

Wednesday, 04 February 2015 Read more...

CD: Zun Zun Egui - Shackles Gift

Thursday, 29 January 2015 Read more...

PJ Harvey: Recording in Progress, Artangel at Somerset House

Saturday, 24 January 2015 Read more...

CD: Africa Express Presents... Terry Riley's In C

Wednesday, 21 January 2015 Read more...

Album of the Year: Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems

Wednesday, 24 December 2014 Read more...

CD: Lucas Santtana - Sobre Noites e Dias

Sunday, 07 December 2014 Read more...

CD: Antony and the Johnsons - Turning

Sunday, 16 November 2014 Read more...

CD: Kassé Mady Diabaté - Kiriké

Monday, 03 November 2014 Read more...

CD: Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems

Sunday, 21 September 2014 Read more...

CD: Tricky - Adrian Thaws

Tuesday, 09 September 2014 Read more...

CD: Coldplay - Ghost Stories

Saturday, 17 May 2014 Read more...

CD: Brian Eno and Karl Hyde - Someday World

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 Read more...

Arcadia, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol

Sunday, 06 April 2014 Read more...

Preview: Martin Amis's England

Wednesday, 19 March 2014 Read more...

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