Danny Graydon

Next Friday, I will be taking part in the “Kubrick Visions” Symposium, hosted by University of Hertfordshire’s School of Creative Arts and The St. Albans Museum. A rightful celebration and exploration of Hertfordshire’s most distinguished cinematic alumni – he lived in picturesque Childwickbury, just outside St.Albans for nearly 40 years –  the symposium, fully supported by [...]

The Cannes Film Festival is currently in full swing and, apart from being the world’s most glamorous film festival, it’s also a place where the film industry indulges its penchant for hyperbole, self-congratulation and back-slapping to seemingly ever-greater heights. This year, however, there was a particularly surprising  and engrossing piece of unguarded honesty when Shia [...]

… and who would be absolutely ideal in the role…? Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Yes, you’re right. It is A Bloody Good Idea, isn’t it…? The notion suddenly occurred to me when I was having my habitual phone catch up with my pal Lee Medcalf, 3-D animator extraordinaire, erstwhile co-host of the thoroughly- excellent Black Dog podcast, [...]

 A few weeks ago saw the culmination of nine months hard work whenUniComics, the Comics & Graphic Novels festival that I co-founded with the University of Hertfordshire (UH), was finally unveiled… and, to all our satisfaction, it seems we were a hit…! Here’s a selection of some of the lovely feedback we received: “I want to give [...]