The Day of the Jackal
The Arb’s screen critic, former TV director and photographer, Paul Joyce, takes aim at the…
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The 2024 European Song Contest: A Verdict
Our outspoken ‘on screen’ critic Paul Joyce comes up with another polemic to split opinion, this…
Clarkson’s Farm
What is the link between all these foodstuffs: black pudding; spam; mushy peas; liquorice; cabbage;…
Oppenheimer: The Verdict
Struggling manfully to reach minute sixty of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”, as someone with the sensation…
Scoop
January 24th 1848 in Sutter’s Mill, Caloma, California, was the moment that one James W…
Ripley
Director and photographer Paul Joyce, recalls his meetings with Patricia Highsmith and reviews Ripley on…
The Academy Awards 2024
The closest I have come to holding an actual Oscar was when I was staying…
Past Lives
Past Lives is the astonishingly assured film debut by Korean playwright, and now director, Celine…
Prisoner: No Danish Pastry
Back in the day when films were rated ‘U’ (child) to ‘X’ (over 16), I…
Anatomy of a Fall
Director turned film critic, Paul Joyce, casts his eyes over the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated Anatomy…
Maestro
Paul Joyce, a filmmaker, photographer and artist, and The Arb’s very own arts & media…
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
With over 50 years as a director of stage and screen, our Media, TV and…