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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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|  | | The Italian Job
Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron talk to Jim White about remaking Michael Caine's 1969 classic, The Italian Job.
Merchant Ivory
The films of Merchant Ivory couldn't be much further removed from the noisey action of The Italian Job. Director James Ivory and Ismail Merchant have been making films together for over 40 years, and their latest is Le Divorce.
The Encyclopaedia of British Film
With nearly 6000 entries covering the history of British cinema up to the present day, the new volume of The Encyclopedia of British Film is an impressive book. The editor, Brian McFarlane and cinephile John Walsh, who's been thumbing through its pages, join Jim White to discuss this great doorstep of a book.
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin's ten greatest films are set for release on DVD and video, remasterd in sound and vision. As well as the films, interviews and previously unseen footage, the collection also featuresa comprehensive 2-hour documentary. The man who made documentary is Time Magazine's film critic Ricahrd Shickel. He talks to Jim White about
Win tickets for the Royal Premiere of Bright Young Things.
The Royal Premiere will be at the Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London, on Sunday September 28th, at 6.30pom.Win two tickets by answering the following question:
Who directed the film adapation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Bright Young Things? Email your answers to [email protected]
In the multi-plex
The Italian Job
In the art house
Belleville Rendez-Vous
On video/dvd:
Charlie Chaplin
The Legendary Films of Charlie Chaplin will be available to buy from Warner Home video from Wednesday 22nd September.
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