The things that scare the living daylights out of us as kids are often unpredictable and coincide with our sudden awareness of our own mortality.
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Difficult Ideas for Difficult Times
Talking Pictures TV Encore: At Last, A Catch-Up Service
Britain’s only worthwhile TV station finally launches an on-demand service.
Noirvember: Crime Wave
Continuing our crime cinema month with a look at a standard 1953 drama that becomes quintessential noir thanks to dialogue, characterisation and visual style.
High Tech Noon – Cyberpunking A Western Classic
A laser-driven reworking of a vintage classic movie.
Noirvember: Stolen Assignment
Continuing our crime movie series with a look at a pre-Hammer Horror Terence Fisher lightweight crime romp that fails to thrill.
Noirvember: Home At Seven
Continuing our crime film month with a look at a stilted but fascinating theatrical mystery that was Ralph Richardson’s sole directorial effort.
Randy Robots And Amorous Automatons
Remembering when the combination of box-shaped robots and glamour girls represented the cutting edge of modernism and style.
Noirvember: Night Train
Our crime movie month continues with a look at Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s unique Polish interpretation of the Hitchcockian rail thriller.
Movie 43 – Was It Really That Bad?
The most hated film of the 2010s now feels even more out of time than ever – but was it actually as awful as you have been told?
Noirvember: The Edgar Wallace Films Of The 1930s And 1940s
Continuing our crime month with a look at a trio of early British films based on the novels by the master of the genre.
Yes, It’s The Benny Hill Show!
The kerfuffle over the famous comedian’s return to UK TV.
The 2021 Reprobate Christmas Gift Guide
Pouring over the good, the bad and the ugly of festive gifts for friends, family or your own selfish pleasures.