One of Mexico’s most famous luchadores, El Santo was a heroic wrestler and folk hero who wore an iconic silver mask. Since his first film in 1961, he led a popular action-movie series where he amassed over fifty starring roles. Indicator has collected El Santo’s first two films, both directed […]
Movies & Documentaries
A Woman Kills (1968) Rediscovered Psychodrama Proves Problematic Today (Review)
Paris, the summer of 1968. A tumultuous time in French history, with situationists, students and striking workers bringing the capital to a standstill and threatening to change the country, and possibly the world, forever more. Revolution was in the air and its effects inevitably impacted art at the time. Cinematically, […]
DotCom for Murder (2002) Dial M for Mastorakis (Review)
The advent of the internet, as with all great advancements in communication technology, brought with it myriad new ways for nefarious individuals to find and lure in their unsuspecting victims. Those of you who, like me, have grown up in the digital age will undoubtedly be all-too-familiar with how the […]
Jethica (2022) A beautifully cinematic expression of loneliness and the inbetween (Review)
Set amongst the vast and sprawling landscape of New Mexico in winter, Jethica centres itself around Elena who is retreating in her grandmother’s secluded trailer. Whilst getting gas one day she runs into an old school friend Jessica, who hesitantly accepts Elena’s invitation to stay at the trailer, but while […]
You Resemble Me (2021): the real person behind the fake news (Review)
Time was, “From the executive producer of…” was the least impressive thing you could put on a poster, but now it’s become a handy guide to a film’s style and subject matter. Major directors are lending their imprimatur to films by new or less well-known directors, and it’s telling which […]
The Munsters (2022) The Gags are Creakier than Slowly Opening Coffin Lids (Film Review)
Let’s face it, the 1960s were a weird time. A time when shows like The Addams Family and The Munsters could be produced purely for mainstream audiences, with the latter often beating it’s similarly macabre (and arguably now more fondly remembered) rival in the ratings war and only falling foul […]
El Mar La Mar (2017): Experimental cinema in one of Earth’s most hostile landscapes (Review)
The title of Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki’s experimental documentary, El Mar La Mar, released on Blu-Ray by Second Run, refers to a passage in Anabasis by Xenophon of Athens. A chronicle of the victorious campaign of ten thousand Greek mercenaries to secure the Persian throne for their employer Cyrus […]
Skinamarink (2022) the Liminal Horror of 2023’s most divisive movie (Review)
As a child, were you ever afraid of going to the bathroom at night? If you were (or still are), there’s a good chance that you’ll relate to the sense of primal terror that drives Skinamarink. An overnight social-media sensation following its Fantasia Festival premiere (and subsequent online leaking), Skinamarink, […]
The Lukas Moodysson Collection (1998-2013)(Review)
The test of a good box set is not so much the quality of each individual film, but whether it gives you new contexts to appreciate the films you may not otherwise take to. Arrow’s new Blu-Ray set of every fiction feature directed by Lukas Moodysson deserves points for completeness, […]
New Religion (Slamdance 2023) (Review)
Here we are, our concluding look at Slamdance 2023 with a movie that made a splash with the most adventurous viewers at last year’s Frightfest. Before that, though, the grand jury decided who is to be awarded the top honours. Narrative Feature: “Waiting for the Light to Change” (Dir. Linh […]