One of the grimmest movie experiences of recent years re-examined.
Category: Review
Adventures In Space And Beneath The Sea – Britain’s Forgotten Sci-Fi Dramas
The pioneering and popular British science fiction TV series that has become lost in time and space.
The British Crime Caper Comedy Gets Rotten To The Core
Taking a look at one of the less beloved films in a surprisingly busy sub-genre.
Classic Albums Revisited: George Melly Sings Doom
A vital and varied collection of salacious, sinister and silly trad-jazz tunes from the legendary raconteur.
The Magnificent Melodrama Of Vittorio de Sica’s Sunflower
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni star in an epic tale of love and obsession.
Let’s Hear It For King Kong ’76
The Seventies remake of King Kong has been much maligned over the years. We make the case for the defence.
White Dog – Sam Fuller’s Misunderstood Masterpiece
Looking back at Sam Fuller’s much-misunderstood, long withdrawn study of racism and rehabilitation.
The Shape-Shifting Shoddiness Of The Beast Within
One of the clumsiest horror films of the 1980s, notable only for its ludicrously bad special effects, is re-examined.
The Revolutionary Fervour And Frustrations Of Neptune Frost
The Afrofuturist and socio-politically revolutionary film is never less than fascinating in its image of an alternative world – but also labours the point a bit too much.
Raindance 2022: Little Axel
Marianne Ihlen, Leonard Cohen and the child that was left to his own devices in a bohemian, free and easy society in the 1960s.
Raindance 2022: Bawa’s Garden
An arrestingly minimalist and slow-paced look at architecture, nature and the nature of the outsider.
The Horrors Of Old Age: George Romero’s The Amusement Park
George Romero’s ‘lost’ film shows us a horrific vision of old age – but loses the point in a rather laboured attempt at metaphorical provocation.