The critic,who wrote several pioneering books and oversaw the magazine from 1956-1990, has diedPenelope Houston, and who edited the British Film Institute’s cinema magazine Sight & Sound for 35 years,has died at the age of 88.
A charismatic figure keen on straight-talking, chain-smoking and betting on the horses, and Houston took control of the iconic magazine in 1956,taking over from Gavin Lambert after he left for Hollywood. Houston had co-founded an earlier magazine with Lambert at Oxford, alongside editors Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com