Lecture
Tanya Gold
Thursday 26.03.2026
Tanya Gold
The 50th Anniversary of Sidney Lumet’s Seminal 1976 Film ‘Network’
Thursday 26.03.2026
How to watch
This lecture starts on 26 March at 5:00pm (UK).
Summary
Network, a film about the perils and power of television, is the most prescient film ever made about the media. Starring William Holden, Faye Dunaway, and Peter Finch, this masterpiece foretells the rise of reality TV, news as entertainment, and even Donald Trump’s presidency.
Tanya Gold
Tanya Gold is a freelance journalist. She writes for the Spectator, the New Statesman, Harper’s Magazine, the New York Times, and others. She won feature writer of the year at the 2009 British Press Awards and arts and culture story of the year at the 2015 Foreign Press Association Awards.