Rounding out our coverage of Second Run’s acclaimed Hungarian Masters boxset, following Current and Merry-go-round is Miklós Jancsó’s Agnus Dei. The prior have something of a social realist streak to them, whether they were steadfast in their subscription to the stylistic tics or used it as a cinematic tradition to subvert. We’ve featured Jancso’s […]
Miklos Jancso
Climax (2018) Gasper Noe: The Dark Lord of Dance (Review)
Silence and Cry (1968) a thought-provoking portrait of a unique director at a critical juncture in history (Review)
Cinema Eclectica 86 – Mecha Hitler Vs Cyber Churchill
As we travel the country we learn that the big news has secretly been following us! Conspiracy! Off The Shelf features Robert Aldrich’s “The Flight of the Phoenix”, Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” and the accidental creation of the oddest of double bill’s – Miklós Jancsó’s “Electra, My Love” and […]
Electra My Love (1974) The world’s finest historical, political dance movie (Review)
Whether Slovak, Hungarian or South East Asian, a country’s cinematic output requires a degree of cultural and historical context; add (the) former Czechoslovakia, and you have the cross-section that makes up the DNA of Second Run’s remit. Nuances naturally occur, but the consistencies in these nations are modern histories demarcated […]