Friday, 30 December 2016

New Films Round Up #5 - reviews of Downhill (Chile/Canada/France 2016), Holidays (USA 2016), I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House (USA/Canada 2016), Hush (USA 2016), The Autopsy of Jane Doe (UK 2016) and Broken (UK 2016)

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Last round-up of the year fright fans - 6 more movies made or released this year which have caught my eye (and sometimes left bits of grit i...
Thursday, 22 December 2016

Delusion (USA 2016: Dir Christopher Di Nunzio) plus short interview with the director

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Anyone worried about 'the state of cinema' would do well to look past the popcorn fodder that fills the multiplexes, which represent...
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Tuesday, 6 December 2016

New Films Round Up #4 - Reviews of Abattoir (USA 2016), The Darkest Dawn (UK 2016), Antibirth (Canada/USA 2016), Satanic (USA 2016), Fear Inc (USA 2016) and The Devil Lives Here (Brazil 2016)

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Abattoir (USA 2016: Dir Darren Lynn Bousman)   Bousman's movie, about a seemingly immortal man, Jebediah Crone, who feeds off the souls ...
Monday, 5 December 2016

Night of the Demon (UK 1957: Dir Jacques Tourneur)

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These are the notes from my introduction to the film at East Dulwich Picturehouse on Sunday 4 December 2016 Good afternoon. My name's ...
Saturday, 3 December 2016

Nocturnal Animals (USA 2016: Dir Tom Ford)

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Wow, 2016 may have had a slow start (film wise, that is) but the second half of the year has delivered some sensational films, of which Tom ...
Sunday, 20 November 2016

The Wailing (USA/South Korea 2016: Dir Hong-jin Na)

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Hong-jin Na's epic story of supernatural magic is one of the more extraordinary films of 2016. Easily justifying its near two and a half...
Sunday, 13 November 2016

Arrival (USA 2016: Dir Denis Villeneuve)

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A while back I was complaining to a friend about the all embracing spread of emo-driven advertising at the cinema to sell anything from bo...