We’re hurtling through fire in 1933, the hyperspace of hell circling a forlorn automobile, winding its way to the Hollywood Hills in search of false salvation. Inside, a young Norma Jean watches...
As my mood fluctuates wildly between hatred, despair, and grief due to wretched state of the UK under this despicable Tory government, I have increasingly found myself drawn to the horror genre on...
Nikolaus Geyrhalter has described his static-camera, nearly architecturally-composed, observational docs as “archival material, which people will dig out in 50 or 100 years.” Which makes perfect...
There are many indelible images in David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future but none so tortuous as Viggo Mortensen’s performance artist, Saul Tenser, contorted on a feeding chair grown from bone...
Like many film journalists, not to mention jury members, who caught Hogir Hirori’s now discredited Sabaya at this year’s Sundance I was riveted, calling it (in the intro to my interview with...
Harper Marlowe, the protagonist in Alex Garland’s astounding third feature, Men, has one of those names that conjures up an array of literary possibility. Could she be part Harper Lee, observing...
Matt Weaver, University of Portsmouth Disney-Pixar’s latest animated escapade is about to hit our cinema screens. It’s the origin story of one of their most beloved characters – Toy Story’s...
The collective eyes of the cinema-going public may be held aloft (quite rightly) watching Tom Cruise fly jets for real in Top Gun: Maverick but another, more caustic film has made its way onto VOD...
Juliet Bashore’s Kamikaze Hearts, originally released in 1986 and now set to screen in a new 2K restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive (May 13 in NYC at BAM and May 20 in LA at...
No one should feel sorry for Michael Bay. Let’s get that straight from the off. His sledgehammer blockbusters have grossed close to 8 billion dollars so he should be set for a rainy day. His five...
