It’s perhaps a measure of how London-centric our society is that if you were to mention playwright Bill Naughton to anyone then those who had heard of him at least would tell you that he wrote Alfie, the 1963 stageplay about a cockney Casanova that has been twice made into […]
Film Review
Kwaidan: The King of the J-Horror (Review)
The Man With The X-Ray Eyes: Hard Sci-fi in a Goofy Shell (Review)
The Strange One: Homoeroticism, Hazing and the Hays Code (Review)
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain: Surrender to the Phantasmagorical Wonder (Review)
Nights of Cabiria: Tragedy shall never defeat Hope (Review)
The White Sheik – The humble beginnings of an Italian Titan (Review)
I wonder what audiences thought to themselves after the initial release of The White Sheik. Perhaps they thought this “Fellini” guy would fizzle out and make a handful of comedy films here and there. His first solo directing venture, The White Sheik marks Fellini’s early foray into the genre of comedy. The Italian […]
Secret Friends (1991): Dennis Potter’s maelstrom of fantasy and memory
Orphans (1998): Handles the ugly side of human nature, brilliantly (Review)
Before I start this review, I think it’s important that I give a little background context. 1998’s Orphans came at a time when the British film industry was in love with Scotland, following the success of Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave ad, more importantly in terms of its cultural impact, Trainspotting. […]