Following a run of classics that he created with Emeric Pressburger, director Michael Powell made his second solo feature with 1960’s Peeping Tom. Now considered a masterpiece that is an ancestor of the slasher subgenre, however, the feeling was much different upon release as the film was so vilified that […]
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Typhoon Club (1985) – Raging emotions and worries about adulthood [Review]
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Typhoon Club is based off a screenplay by Yuji Kato, director Shinji Sōmai crafts a coming of age tale without sentimentality for its disaffected youths. This is made clear in the opening scene as teenage girls having an infectious dance party at the swimming pool turn their attentions onto Akira […]
The Last Picture Show (1971) – A saddening portrait of lonely people lacking direction [Review]
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After making his directorial debut with 1968’s Targets, the late Peter Bogdanovich followed it up with The Last Picture Show – his breakthrough work that would receive eight Academy Award nominations. His 1971 feature opens on a sight that will break every cinephile’s heart – a cinema on its last […]
One False Move (1992) – A cyclical tale of lingering violence [Review]
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The 1990s is home to a ridicuolous number of crime classics, so much so that new ones are constantly being rediscovered – one of the latest is One False Move. Which also has recieved a newly minted Criterion Collection treatment. Arriving at a friend’s house in the middle of the […]
Valley Girl (1983) – A cult romance fronted by an engaging pair [Blu-Ray Review]
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To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Eureka Entertainment has put out a Limited Edition box set of Valley Girl, which also serves as the film’s home video debut in the UK. While this independently produced film was the breakthrough work for director Martha Coolidge, it was also notably the first major […]
The Last House On The Left (2009) – A distressing remake which eclipses the original [Review]
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The 2000s saw horror enter a phase of remaking older classics, from franchise starters like Halloween to one-off works like Sorority Row. Greek director Dennis Iliadis’ first U.S. feature was the remake of Wes Craven’s directorial debut, 1972’s The Last House On The Left – which itself was also a […]
The Black Mass & Black Mold (Frightfest 2023) (Review)
The Black Mass January 14th, 1978. While a mysterious man shaves, a warped voiceover explains how murderers have no identifiable features, which means that anybody in your life could be demonic. That chilling realisation lingers as the unnamed man (Andy Sykes), walks into a store intending to charm people, pick […]
The Circus Tent (1978) – A documentary-esque look at the drifting lifestyle of the marginalised [Review]
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Known as Thamp̄, a title which translates into The Circus Tent, the acclaimed third film of Indian writer/director Govindan Aravindan was once thought to be lost. The Film Heritage Foundation spent nearly eight painstaking months restoring the film from a duplicate negative taken from a 35mm print and managed to […]
Samurai Reincarnation (1981) – Theatrical bombast meets relevant messages (Review)
Adapting Futaro Yamada’s 1967 novel, Samurai Reincarnation, writer/director Kinji Fukasaku crafts a historical fantasy which begins over 350 years ago following the Shimabara Rebellion. A revolt led to thousands of Christians being slaughtered by the Tokugawa regime, as horrifically conveyed within a display of severed heads – with many split […]
The Bride Wore Black (1968) – An elegantly constructed tale of vengeance (Review)
Based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich (who published it under the pseudonym William Irish), François Truffaut’s sixth feature as a solo director, The Bride Wore Black, was a dark and influential tale of vengeance. An intriguing opening sees Julie Kohler (Jeanne Moreau) prevented from committing suicide by her mother. […]