We’ve had our summer holiday, and now we are back for season 2 and back to episodes coming out every two weeks. None of that weekly nonsense again, and all the episodes are brand new – no more second-hand, hand-me-downs. Joined by Graham (POP SCREEN) & Andy (ROAD TO KNOWHERE). […]
Documentary
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) A deeply unnerving character study (Review)
Disturbing films were in abundance throughout the late 70s and early 80s. With films such as Driller Killer, Cannibal Holocaust, The Last House on the Left and many more being branded “Video Nasties” and essentially blacklisted by the BBFC. Most of the shocking value of these films comes from grotesque […]
Dick Johnson is Dead (2020) sad yet uplifting doc about preparing for death (Review)
It’s impressive just how ‘up for it’ the titular Dick Johnson is for the various whims of his daughter, award-winning documentary maker Kirsten Johnson. Wide-eyed and smiling, 88-year-old Dick is placed into various fictitious mortal, and bloody situations throughout the movie staged in loving detail by his daughter, including getting […]
Nirvana + Cobain – Montage of Heck – Pop Screen 49
Original Cast Album: Company (1970) have I got a film for you! (Review)
Almost Liverpool 8 (2021) A Love Letter to a Postcode (Review)
PJ Harvey & A Dog Called Money – Pop Screen 36
A dog called money, 2019, Ireland/ United Kingdom/ United States, Dir. Seamus Murphy (PJ Harvey) This week, Pop Screen has been thinking about a line drawn in the sand: specifically, a line drawn between the reasonable criticisms of PJ Harvey’s 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project, and the ones […]
Suzi Quatro & Suzi Q – Pop Screen 32
Amy Winehouse & Amy (2015) – Pop Screen 27
There aren’t many pop movies of the 2010s that won an Oscar, but then there aren’t many pop movies as well-crafted and emotionally devastating as Asif Kapadia’s 2015 documentary Amy. A bruising look at the rise and fall of Amy Winehouse told with intimate archive footage, it’s both a celebration […]
