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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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|  | | Underworld, starring Kate Beckinsale and Bill Nighy
Jim White hides the garlic, shuts the blinds and turns the crucifix to the wall as he invites Bill Nighy to talk about his latest role, Viktor the vampire.
Hollywood's Hottest
This week in Hollywood several major studios have issued law suits to stop the distribution of an unauthorised video, a compilation of nude scenes involving Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Drew Barrymore. Surely there's subtler mileage to be made from a collection of the most erotic clothed moments. Back Row presents the fully dressed version, with the help of critic Adam Mars Jones and crime writer Denise Mina.
Spirit of the Beehive
Ian Christie on Victor Erice's 1973 film, Spirit of the Beehive, a wistful allegory of life under Franco.
Movie Posters
Jim White talks to film critic Adam Smith and Emily King about film posters. Emily King's book, Movie Posters, is published by Mitchell Beazley on September 25th.
In the multi-plex
Calendar Girls
In the art house
Belleville Rendez-Vous
On video/dvd:
Dead of Night
Dead of Night is available as part of the Ealing Classics DVD Collection.
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