Amanda Kramer’s new reverie Give me Pity! is a strange and unsettling affair. At once a parody and an ode to 70s and 80s TV variety shows, the film – on its glitzy surface at least – focuses on Sissy St Claire (played by U.S. actress and daughter of Bette […]
surrealism
The Cassandra Cat (aka Až přijde kocour) (1963); I See Your True Colours Shining Through (Review)
Lost Highway (1997) David Lynch’s Neo-Noir Multiverse of Interpretation (Blu-Ray Review)
Back in 1997 Tony Blair became Prime Minister for the first time, Katrina and the Waves won the Eurovision song contest for the UK, and Batman and Robin, complete with George Clooney’s wobbly-headed rubber-nippled caped-crusader, sunk a comic book movie franchise for eight years. It was also the year that […]
The Great Movement (2022) An idiosyncratic portrait of Bolivia (Review)
Alejandro Jodorowsky (Holy Mountain & Santa Sangre)
Mirror (1975): Tarkovsky shows us his dreams, his memories and his lasting influence (Review)
The Miraculous Virgin (1966) a virtuoso exercise of imagery & poetry (Review)
Tideland (2005) Gilliam’s misunderstood masterpiece (Review)
Look up the word ‘Gilliamesque’ in the dictionary, and you’re likely to find the following descriptions of Terry Gilliam’s wild films. A strong sense of dark humour and visual comedy? Check. Dystopian futures? Double-check. Striking fantasy sequences? Triple check. All of these traits are present in Brazil, 12 Monkeys, and […]
Yellow Submarine
It was fifty years ago today… On Sunday 8th July, cinemas up and down the land screened the Beatles animated musical fantasy Yellow Submarine to mark the 50th anniversary of its release in July, 1968. Remastered and restored for the celebration (for the first time since the thirtieth anniversary in 1998) […]
Orchestra Rehearsal (1978) Fellini’s succinct satire of a world without music (Review)
‘Orchestra Rehearsal’ saw Federico Fellini strip back his surreal tendencies and channelled his energy into something more tangible and less wild. Released in 1978, ‘Orchestra Rehearsal’ is set in one, large, barren hall. A wry voice-over explains that this place was once the burial site of three Popes and seven […]