ram·Aug 18The Old Dark HouseJames Whale’s The Old Dark House (1932) is one of those rare films whose stature has seemed to increase rather than diminish with the…
ram·Aug 18PulpSome films attain cult status because they were grievously misunderstood upon their release. Others because they possessed the inconvenient…
Colin Edwards·Jun 9‘West 11’ or — Kitchen Sink Noir?Considering ‘West 11’ (1963) was written by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse, whose credits include ‘Billy Lair’ (1963) and ‘A Kind of…
Greg Seebregts·May 12Horror Classics: Twins of Evil (1971)I’m having a genuinely good time with this series and I think by now you guys know what’s up. With that in mind, let’s just jump right into…
Arman Saboo·Apr 5Three Generations of Cinema — From a Sixpence to StreamingMy Uncle Ahmad ‘Amo’ Saboo was eleven when he found a sixpence under his seat at the Classic — the Brixton cinema that would go on to be…
Colin Edwards·Mar 30‘”You Must Be Joking!”’ or — Captain Britain: The Winner Soldier?Five military personnel are selected to go on a scavenger hunt in order to determine which one of them possesses all the qualities of “the…
Rino Ingenito·Feb 21“Darling, John Schlesinger’s Ever Important Treasure: The British New Wave Classic Turns 60.”This British New Wave diatribe against Swinging London had a big coronation for the sixtieth anniversary of Darling (1965). A restored 4K…
C. Oscar Lawshea·Feb 12Stealing the Future: Time Bandits (1981) and the Cost of CowardiceIf Spaced Out (1979) is a film made just before the cultural lights came on, Time Bandits (1981) is what happens after the lights flicker —…
Colin Edwards·Feb 12‘Parting Shots’ or — Better than ‘Avatar’?!Possibly the most difficult question in philosophy is — ‘Why something rather than nothing?’. Well, Michael Winner’s ‘Parting Shots’ (1998)…
Rino Ingenito·Jan 4“Between River and Legend: The Uneasy Cinema of John Boorman.”How a restless British filmmaker used violence, myth, and memory to interrogate masculinity, nature, and the cost of civilisation.A response icon1A response icon1
