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|  | | | | Listen to Jim White reveal his own celluloid highs and lows in a slideshow | | | | Jim White attended Manchester Grammar School and read English at the University of Bristol, though maintains most of his education came on the terraces at Old Trafford.
A founding member of staff at the Independent in 1986, he moved across to the Guardian ten years later, where his contributions have won the sports columnist of the year. A regular on Saturday Review and Front Row, he can also be frequently heard on Radio 5, where he was awarded a Sony Gold award for a documentary about the demise of Wembley Stadium.
Cinema has been a lifelong passion since his dad took him to see Lawrence of Arabia when he was a child and he returned twice a day every day for the next week to see the film over and again. After a youth largely spent oscillating between the football pitch and the local flea pit (his first date was at, bizarrely, 101 Dalmatians: it was all that was on) these days his favourite movies depend on his mood. The Godfather Part Two if in need of an epic, High Society for an uplift of the soul, This Is Spinal Tap when jokes are required. Though his children have shown him that there is not a lot wrong with Toy Story.
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|  | | Once Upon a Time in America
Sergio Leone's gangster epic tells of three Jewish immigrants to New York's lower East Side who find alternative ways to achieve the American dream.For the director the dream was entirely cinematic. Back Row talks to Elizabeth McGovern, Sergio Leone's biographer Christopher Frayling and film critic Adam Smith about Leone's project of a lifetime.
Clay Bird
In Bengali with English subtitles Clay Bird won the critic's prize for best film last year at Cannes and it was the first Bangladeshi movie to be nominated for an Oscar. It tells the story of Anu, a young boy living through Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. A thinly veiled autobiographical piece it is directed by Tareque Masud, and produced by his wife Catherine. Catherine and Tareque Masud talk to Back Row about the film's reception in the land where it is set.
Charlie's Angels v Hulk
What a punch up there is going to be in the box office between this summer's two mega-blockbusters. But how would they cope if they actually met, toe to toe, drop kick to drop kick? Back Row presents Charlie's Angel's in the red corner and in the green corner the Hulk, coached by Ang Lee. The referee is Nick Baker.
In the multiplex:
Nicholas Nickleby
In the art house:
Etre et Avoir
On video/dvd:
Once Upon A Time in America
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RELATED LINKS
Nicholas Nickleby Cast Interviews
July film festivals and events
BFI David Lean new site.
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