Jerzy Skolimowski’s film Barrier, the second in this Blu-Ray set of three early features from Second Run, begins with a manifesto. A youthful man is complaining that the young are always expected to make sacrifices while the old simply accumulate wealth, and questions why it can’t be him in the […]
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Yakuza Wolf I & II (1972) A Snapshot of a World long gone, Oozing Cool (Review)
The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) Giallo Essentials: White Edition (Review)
The term ‘Giallo’ tends to evoke images of black gloves, much darkness, and a de-emphasis on the plot in favour of lurid colours. A viewer could be forgiven, therefore, for their surprise when coming across a film labeled Giallo that features jaunty music, comedy pratfalls and gymnastics, and an engagement […]
Children of the Corn (1984 -1995) The also-ran horror franchise that keeps on motoring (Review)
Inner Sanctum Mysteries (1943/45) Campy 1940s Murder Melodrama’s (Review)
Podcasting just does not get the credit it deserves, it removed the barriers to provide a platform for the everyman to broadcast around the globe. Let’s just ignore the fact the industry has been diminished by overexposure and broadcasting giants like the BBC getting involved making it very difficult for […]
Buster Keaton: Complete Short Films – 1917-1923 (Review)
The history of cinema is fascinating when journeying back to its origins, illustrating how much has changed over the course of time. Take science fiction and horror as the prime examples, both are worlds away from their respective zeitgeists – almost as if comparing night with day. Comedy is different […]
The Cruise, Camouflage and Shivers (Polish Cinema Vol. III)(Review)
One of the key dilemmas faced by anyone looking to distribute or exhibit foreign-language cinema is this: do you distribute films that offer insights into a different culture, or do you distribute films that are universal? The former, of course, is something that many arthouse habitués would cite as a […]