The fictional detective is a rational creature. As soon as detective stories were invented, Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle were using their sleuths to reveal the mundane truth behind apparently supernatural events; the latter’s maxim that when you have eliminated the impossible, what remains – however improbable – […]
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Deadly Games (1982) A slasher that forgets to be a slasher (Review)
Lies and Deceit: Madame Bovary (1991), Betty (1992), Torment (1994) (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)
Red Angel (1966) Bloody And Fearless Japanese Anti-War Satire (Review)
Shock (1977) Italian Horror without the gorgeous flamboyance (Review)
Final films of legendary directors is a fascinating topic. For every Kenji Mizoguchi who bowed out with a genuine masterwork like 1956’s Street of Shame, there are stories of directors who couldn’t finish their final works or an untimely passing that required someone else to pick up the baton. Looking […]
Dillinger (1973): Print the Legend (Review)
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” is an infamous quote from John Ford’s 1962 classic Western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance that could arguably be seen as the inspiration for Dillinger, John Milius’1973 directorial debut, dusted down by Arrow Video and given the Blu-ray treatment this week. Based on […]