17 July 2023, aged 91. 'Derek Malcom's Personal Best - A Century of Films' is a great read. Loved, for example, the revelation that Satyajit Ray kept all the awards he'd won under his bed! And that Malcolm could feature films by Cocteau, Tarkovsky et al alongside the porn film Behind the Green Door (no doubt just to stir up feeling).
He seemed fair, and clearly got to know well some of his subjects, which I think is pretty essential when in this sort of role. An advocate too, for a long time, of World Cinema.
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