Looking back at Toyah’s magnificent 1981 breakthrough album and its dystopian, rebellious sci-fi concepts.
Category: Review
The Mystery Of Dr Mabuse
Fritz Lang’s influential and ever-relevant silent classic examined.
Re-Sythesized: A Collection Of Facsimile Electro Pop Covers
Synthesizer Classics is a new compilation of all-star synth-pop cover versions that feels like everyone involved is playing it safe.
Miles Out To Sea And The Power Pop Conundrum
Trying to define the most slippery of music trends is a fool’s game – but tracing the connections between various genres is fascinating.
Those Pictures Of Terror – The Delirious Delights Of The Night Of The Bloody Apes
Half beast, half man, all wild entertainment – the oddest of the video nasties is an experience to savour.
Experiments In Eating Video Edition: Wasabi Ice Cream
On the hottest day of the year (so far), what better way to chill out than with nice, cooling Wasabi – now with added locust?
The Ghosts Of Childhood Explored In The Other
The film version of Thomas Tyron’s bestseller has been unfairly overlooked by horror fans but the subtle chills still work today.
Ray Charles, Movie Star: The Strange Tale Of Ballad In Blue
A stiff-lipped melodrama in which the famed musician becomes chummy with a small boy – it was a more innocent time in 1965.
Anthropophagous II: An Exercise In Worthless Opportunism
The newly-made follow-up – in name only – to the notorious Video Nasty is not an enjoyable viewing experience.
Blecch Glasses: Dario Argento And The Limitations Of Creativity
Occhiali Neri has been hailed as Argento’s great comeback movie – but is it too little, too late from a director whose artistic visions seem long exhausted?
Science Fiction Cinema Grows Up: Fritz Lang’s Woman In The Moon
The pioneering and influential space travel silent classic is a mixed bag of melodrama and innovation.
Experiments In Drinking: The Porn Star Martini Ale
A video version of our regular exploration of odd food and drink, this time with a beer that promises provocation and fruitiness – but can it deliver?