John Forde

Dec 16, 2024 | constructionmanagement.co.uk | John Forde

John Forde reviews the first year of the Gateways regime for higher-risk buildings and shares tips for dealing with approval setbacks. It’s been nine months since the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) became the building control authority for all higher-risk buildings (HRBs) in England, overseeing the new Building Control approval (known as ‘Gateways’) regime for the construction and refurbishment of those buildings.

Dec 16, 2024 | constructionmanagement.co.uk | John Forde

John Forde reviews the first year of the Gateways regime for higher-risk buildings and shares tips for dealing with approval setbacks. It’s been nine months since the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) became the building control authority for all higher-risk buildings (HRBs) in England, overseeing the new Building Control approval (known as ‘Gateways’) regime for the construction and refurbishment of those buildings.

May 9, 2024 | letterboxd.com | John Forde |Mitchell Beaupre |Celluloid Underground |Rafa Sales Ross

Imagine a world in which cinemas are banned and where owning or even watching a film could land you in prison. Such was life in Iran following the 1979 Revolution, where the Islamist regime closed cinemas, destroyed celluloid prints and made it illegal to own or rent films. Iranian filmmaker Ehsan Khoshbakht grew up in this repressive environment, developing a love of cinema from his father, who told him the plots of banned movies as bedtime stories.

May 1, 2024 | letterboxd.com | John Forde |Shayna Maci Warner |Loving Highsmith

Imagine the elevator pitch: an eight-hour psychological thriller set in 1960s Italy, filmed in black-and-white and starring Fleabag’s Hot Priest as an amoral killer whose crimes are witnessed by a cat? From this unlikely premise, writer-director Steven Zaillian (The Night Of) has fashioned Ripley, an entertaining and meticulous drama starring Andrew Scott as the grifter’s grifter: Tom Ripley.

May 1, 2024 | letterboxd.com | John Forde |Shayna Maci Warner |Loving Highsmith

Imagine the elevator pitch: an eight-hour psychological thriller set in 1960s Italy, filmed in black-and-white and starring Fleabag’s Hot Priest as an amoral killer whose crimes are witnessed by a cat? From this unlikely premise, writer-director Steven Zaillian (The Night Of) has fashioned Ripley, an entertaining and meticulous drama starring Andrew Scott as the grifter’s grifter: Tom Ripley.