Articles by Neil Rosen

About Neil Rosen

Neil went to the City of London School and Manchester University graduating with a 1st in economics. After a brief stint in accountancy, Neil emigrated to a kibbutz In Israel. His articles on the burgeoning Israeli film industry earned comparisons to Truffaut and Godard in Cahiers du Cinema. Now one of the world's leading film critics and moderators at film Festivals Neil has written definitively in his book Kosher Nostra on Jewish post war actors. Neil lives with his family in North London. More Posts

A Matter of Life and Death (1945))

Emetic Pressburgsr abd Michael Powell were amongst our greatest filmmakers. Colonel Blimp is a classic and so is A matter of Life and Death which was on BBC2 yesterday. The story is surreal. David Niven plays Squadron Leader George Carter who bails out of his plane during World War Two. [...]

February 1, 2026 // 0 Comments

One Life

i have been meaning to see One Life for some time. It was on Bbc1 on Monday. it’s the true story of Nicholas Winton à stockbroker who decided to organise the repatriation of just under 700 Jewish kids from Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Nazi invasion. He faces implacable obstacles from the [...]

January 29, 2026 // 0 Comments

Dial M for Murder / Rear Wondow

What better way to get through that rarher dull period between Xmas and New Year than a double bill of vintage Hitchcock on tv . i have seen both Rear Window and Dial M for Murder many times but like all classics you turn on for 5 minutes and are rapidly engrossed. Dial M for Murder has a [...]

December 31, 2025 // 0 Comments

Brigitte Bardot

I was saddened by the passing of Brigitte Bardot and thought it inaccurate to dismiss her as a talentlrss bimbo and later eccentric recluse. She was a fine dancer training in the same ballet class as Leslie Caron ( not many people know that). Both Joan Crawford and Rits Hayworth were excellent [...]

December 29, 2025 // 0 Comments

And God Created Woman (movie 1956)

It’s well known that this film made the careers of Brigitte Bardot, and its director Roger Vadim – as well as put Saint Tropez on the map. Less well known is that it was an early film of Jean Louis Trintignant, arguably France’s finest post war screen actor with whom Bardot had an affaire [...]

October 12, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Alamo (1960 movie)

There are those who dislike “THE ALAMO” – starring and directed by John Wayne – for its gung-ho patriotism but (for me) it’s a big action war movie of the ilk that is made so often these days. I watched it for the third time yesterday The story is of a make-shift fortress, [...]

October 12, 2025 // 0 Comments

Classic British Cinema

Over the weekend I watched the the Sky team review in their Classic Films series and acclaim Kind Hearts and Coronets and then on Film 4 The Long Good Friday: both are – in their different ways – classics of British cinema. Kind Hearts and Coronets is an Ealing Comedy though Ian Jarvis, [...]

July 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Great Escape

A Bank Holiday would not be one without showing The Great Escape (1963) and – sure enough – Film 4 showed it on a cold Easter Monday. The previous day I had watched another team movie – Ocean’s Eleven (2001) – but it compared unfavourably. The Great Escape has the [...]

April 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

Greta Scacchi

One of the reasons why I enjoy the repeats of Bergerac is the casting of the young actors and actresses who appear on it. In the first series – made in 1981 – appeared a young actress aged 21. I thought at first she was Liz Hurley because of her fine facial features. In fact it was [...]

March 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

Rendez vous (1985)

It’s always interesting to see an early film of a great actor or actress. Juliettte Binoche made her debut in the André Techine-directed film Rendez-vous when she was just 21. She went on to become a most successful actress in Kieslowski’s Three Colours Blue (1993), The English Patient [...]

February 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

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Sunday tv sport

February 2, 2026 // 0 Comments

Normally of à Sunday morning I take a bracing walk by the sea but in the face of driving rain I watched the final of the Australian tennis open Instead. Those who know [...]
A Matter of Life and Death (1945))

February 1, 2026 // 0 Comments

Emetic Pressburgsr abd Michael Powell were amongst our greatest filmmakers. Colonel Blimp is a classic and so is A matter of Life and Death which was on BBC2 yesterday. [...]
One Life

January 29, 2026 // 0 Comments

i have been meaning to see One Life for some time. It was on Bbc1 on Monday. it’s the true story of Nicholas Winton à stockbroker who decided to organise the repatriation [...]
Fulham 2 Brighton 1

January 25, 2026 // 0 Comments

No doubt about it. Fulham have got the wood over us. Even Marvo Silva admitted a draw would be the fairer result. In Carlos Baleba we had the most effective player on the [...]
The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Brighton 1

January 25, 2026 // 0 Comments

This was a highly enjoyable victory, all the more so as undeserved. For long periods Fulham were not in the game but ended up winning it. When I asked a group of Fulham [...]