After having a long career in a variety of genres, ranging from Westerns to Comedies, Douglas Sirk came into the peak of his career with a string of vastly influential melodramas in the 50s. These would go on to influence directors such as Pedro Almovador, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Todd […]
Reviews
The Devil’s Men (1976) For those with a penchant for campy occultist enjoyable fluff (Review)
Lies and Deceit: Madame Bovary (1991), Betty (1992), Torment (1994) (Review)
Love Affair (1939) A scandalous Hollywood tale wrought by the Hays Code (Review)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982) An Obscure Take on the Traditional British Murder Mystery Novel (Review)
The British film industry of the late twentieth century is one that I am deeply fascinated by. From the early 1970s onwards, it was an industry cash-strapped by Hollywood’s decision to return home after rinsing the profitable new wave/kitchen sink/swinging London milieus of the previous decade. Compelled to either emulate […]
Dick Johnson is Dead (2020) sad yet uplifting doc about preparing for death (Review)
It’s impressive just how ‘up for it’ the titular Dick Johnson is for the various whims of his daughter, award-winning documentary maker Kirsten Johnson. Wide-eyed and smiling, 88-year-old Dick is placed into various fictitious mortal, and bloody situations throughout the movie staged in loving detail by his daughter, including getting […]
A Bread Factory Parts One and Two (2018) Epic art-world comedy (Review)
Lies and Deceit – Cop Au Vin (1985) & Inspector Lavardin (1986)(Review)
Don’t Go In The House (1980) Schlocky psychological video nasty? (Blu-Ray Review)
The Wanting Mare (2020) Existential, Experimental Sci-Fi with looks to kill for (VOD Review)
The Green Knight was a divisive movie, a personal favourite from last year, for sure, but its often evasive and hallucinatory storytelling alienated much of its potential audience. One key aspect that cut through this tension was the visual effects work. One of the key names behind these visual effects […]