This DVD from Second Run features two wonderfully satisfying and symbiotic documentary features from filmmaker and creative artist Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Taskafa, Stories of the Street from 2013, and Estate, a Reverie from 2015. On initial inspection you may think there is very little thematically in common between Taskafa, an […]
Documentary
Lost In France (2016) Documenting the Glasgow Indie Rock Scene (Review)
Raising Cain (1992) John Lithgow’s Sandbox and the unexpected Director’s Cut (Review)
In Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow’s disarmingly forthright documentary, De Palma, its subject talks about the highs and lows of his career. In that one man and his camera documentary, there is one sentence that perfectly encapsulates how modest a man Brian De Palma is. He along with other directors do […]
Someday My Prince Will Come (2005) / Philip and His Seven Wives (2006): Two Films by Marc Isaacs
This welcome Second Run DVD release comprises two early films from the excellent British documentary filmmaker Marc Isaacs entitled Someday My Prince Will Come (2005) and Philip and His Seven Wives (2006). On the first inspection, they could be considered strange bedfellows with very little shared between each film other […]
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) the first horror film ever that truly chills (Review)
Cinema Eclectica 95 – BIFAs, Barbies and Brexit
This week marks the beginning of yet another awards season. When will they ever end? Aside from the shiny things we also look at Steve Martin’s “Roxanne”, the skateboarding documentary “Lords of Dogtown”, Tom Hanks’ latest attempt at being a real boy in “Sully”, and the triumphant return of Adam […]
Looking for Richard (1996) Al Pacino of the creative process and Shakespeare (Review)
Burroughs: The Movie (1983) A Bizarre treat for fans of William S. Boroughs (Review)
Howard Brookner was a film student at NYU with Jim Jarmusch and Tom DiCillo when he made a low-budget observational documentary about the most groundbreaking and original American writer of the 20th century, William S Burroughs. It should have been the start of a career to match his classmates, both […]
Around China with a Movie Camera (2015) A Must for Film Historians (Review)
Cinema Eclectica 71 – Werner Herzog: King of the Internet
This week it’s official, Werner Herzog is the king of the internet. In Off The Shelf we look at Michael Mann’s “Thief”, 1976 horror “The Premonition”, Peter Watkins’ docu-drama “Edvard Munch” and Cristi Puiu’s debut “Stuff and Dough”. Our feature film is Shane Black’s comedy thriller “The Nice Guys”. “You […]