The anthology is an interesting sub-genre. Classics like Twilight Zone: The Movie, Trick ‘r Treat and more recent offerings such as Bad Candy, Ghost Stories and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark have demonstrated both the potential benefits and the pitfalls of telling multiple stories within a single overarching […]
Reviews
Dead Man (1995) A wholly unique surrealist Western (Review)
For an extended period of time, the Western was the United States’ most beloved genre of film. Despite its popularity briefly dying as film transitioned between silent films and talkies, it was kicked back into the spotlight with John Ford’s Stagecoach; from that point onwards many directors such as Ford, […]
The Righteous (2021) Neo-Gothic Religious Chamber Horror Inside (Review)
Demonia (1990) One for the true Lucio Fulci completionist (Review)
Enter the Void (2009): a city symphony in 21st-century neon (Review)
Gaspar Noé’s new film Vortex, currently on release in UK cinemas, is shocking audiences in perhaps the only way Noé can shock people at this juncture: by removing his usual graphic violence and unsimulated sex in favour of a sensitive exploration of dementia and death. There is another film called […]
Lux Aeterna (2019): Gaspar Noé’s Stress-Inducing Meditation On Filmmaking
Luminous Procuress (1971): if an alien made a film about human sexuality, it would look like this (Review)
It’s quite an achievement to live your life as a work of art. Steven Arnold, whose film Luminous Procuress has been restored and reissued on Blu-Ray by Second Run, seems to have achieved it. His star and childhood friend, the performance artist Pandora, recalls his bedroom being decorated “like Louis […]
Wild Things (1998) 90s Hollywood or Hollyoaks Later? (Review)
Revolver (1973) Hard-edged, Pessimistic, Buddy Cop Crime Thriller (Review)
Rhino (2022) A sombre if well-travelled Ukrainian crime drama (Review)
Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov intended to make his second feature film, following his 2011 debut Gamer, in 2014. However, due to the Maidan uprising protests that swept across Ukraine the filming was put on hold. This was further impacted by Russia’s annexation of Crimea (Sentsov’s birthplace) which actually resulted in […]