Paul Cuff

Jan 9, 2025 | ftadviser.com | Paul Cuff

Getting merger and acquisition strategies right can be something of a dark art, regardless of the industry in which one works. But for Paul Cuff and Ben Bramhall, the co-chief executives of XPS, creating a foundation built on trust, communication and complementary skill sets has helped the company “keep its promises” post-acquisition to be a one-stop-shop for its UK pension scheme clients.

Dec 4, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Paul Cuff

AbstractThis article examines German star Brigitte Helm within British film culture across 1926–33. I identify three stages in her active career on British screens. Firstly, I analyse the impact of her debut role in Metropolis (1927), demonstrating how Helm was central to its marketing and reception within the UK – and how this legacy shaped her subsequent stardom within British film culture.

Jan 16, 2024 | informahealthcare.com | Paul Cuff

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Dec 7, 2023 | tandfonline.com | Paul Cuff

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image sizeAcknowledgementsFor introducing me to the film, my thanks to Erik Schelander. For their help accessing archival material, my thanks to Luciano Palumbo and Carmen Prokopiak of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (Germany), and to Phil Wickham and the staff of the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum (UK).

Nov 29, 2023 | bfi.org.uk | Rachel Pronger |Michael Brooke |Georgia Korossi |Paul Cuff

How do you know what the best place is for a young girl? Are you a young girl?”The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger have a complicated relationship with women. On the one hand, their work is steeped in a nostalgic vision of British identity which carries with it an inherent political conservatism.