First-time viewers of Miklós Jancsó’s 1968 film Silence and Cry, reissued on Blu-Ray and DVD by Second Run, will be greeted by something they might not expect from the veteran Hungarian director – a montage. Don’t worry, it doesn’t last. The rest of the film is shot in the long, […]
Graham Williamson
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Twin Peaks the Return Episode 8 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 8 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS GOTTA LIGHT? We were warned this was coming. On Instagram Peter Deming, who shot The Return (as well as Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive) said that episode 8 would be unlike anything else you’ve ever seen. In the comments, Sky Ferreira and […]
Michael (1924) Carl Th. Dreyer’s The Phantom Thread (Review)
When’s a good time to reissue a film? Had Eureka Masters of Cinema put out this Blu-Ray reissue of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Michael last year, it might have been a valuable contribution to the fiftieth anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Britain. As it is, it hits shelves in […]
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 7 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 7 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS THERE’S A BODY ALL RIGHT Let’s begin with the first thing that strikes you on a rewatch. Initially, we were all convinced that Diane’s interview with Mr. C was the most terrifying thing in this episode. It is, indeed, nightmarish, but it […]
House (1977) Completely within its own erratic, mesmerising orbit (Review)
There’s a tiresome tendency among Westerners to squeal “wtf japan lol” every time a Japanese film exhibits a minor eccentricity, but sometimes you have to acknowledge a film is very strange. That’s the case with 1977’s House, now released on Blu-Ray by Eureka Masters of Cinema. House was a massive hit […]
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 6 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 6 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS DON’T DIE David Lynch’s plan for Twin Peaks: The Return was to treat it like an epic-length film, which may be why it’s not always easy to remember what scene is in which episode. Episode 6 introduces Diane and Ike the Spike, […]
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 5 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 5 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS CASE FILES And so the mystery of Dr. Jacoby’s shovels comes to the stupidest and greatest conclusion it possibly could. The image of “Dr. Amp” and his “gold shit-digging shovels” was an immediate fan favourite, largely because it was one of the […]
The Mystery of Picasso (1956) A meeting of Auteurs, Picasso & Clouzot (Review)
There isn’t one set-in-stone way to make an art documentary, because there isn’t one set-in-stone way to appreciate art. Those who believe art should stand on its own, or trigger some kind of personal reading, may feel that the work is diminished by too much context and explanation. That seems […]
Blue Collar (1978) the bleakest picture of the working week in American cinema (Review)
Not all of Paul Schrader’s movies are pitiless examinations of masculinity in crisis, but when one of them kicks off with Bo Diddley singing ‘I’m A Man’, you’d better believe that’s a statement. Now reissued on Powerhouse, Blue Collar is the tale of three car factory workers who hatch a […]
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 4 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 4 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS BRINGS BACK SOME MEMORIES We live, regrettably, in a nostalgic age. The standard life cycle of a new geek-targeted film or TV series is this: it is announced something from the past is being brought back. Everyone gets very excited. Then the […]