Senior Film Writer Mark Farnsworth teaches Film in East London and is currently working on two screenplays, The Mysteries and Fair Access. He also writes the Oh/Cult section for Brokenshark.co.uk.
The previous installment in the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "Spartacus." James Mason’s slippery disintegration from debonair paedophile to desperate murderer is the key to...
Imagine your street. Imagine it strewn with litter and debris. Now imagine that any plastic bag you touch or Coke can you kick could annihilate you and a large proportion of your surroundings....
Remember how you felt after seeing “Kill Bill 2” for the first time? Probably a little short-changed. Sure, the dialogue was cool as f*ck, Michael Madsen was back to his Mr. Blonde best and...
Right from the off you can guess Enzo Castellari’s "Dirty Dozen" rip off, "Inglorious Bastards," was never going to win at the Oscars or even make it onto many people’s top ten WW2 movies list....
Thinking of going to see Quentin Tarantino’s "Inglorious Basterds" soon? You’ll need to brush up on your Second World War knowledge, Hollywood-style. Typically a bunch of mismatched guys, each...
The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "2001: A Space Odyssey." Betrayed by pirates and trapped between three Roman armies Spartacus has little choice but...
The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "Dr. Strangelove." The screen is at first an impenetrable dark. “Real country dark” as Alex DaLarge might say....
The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "The Killing." Released in the same year as "Goldfinger," Kubrick’s satire on nuclear Armageddon could be a Bond...
The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "Killer's Kiss." You get the impression that Sterling Hayden’s two-time loser Johnny Clay never read much...
Waiting for a mystery movie to begin is rather like being on a blind date. You are left alone in the dark as endless possibilities flicker through your mind. Are they your type? Are you their type?...
