John Sayles talks about The Man who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
Where do you even start with John Sayles? Since the late ‘70s he has spearheaded the then-burgeoning US independent film movement with his...
Read MoreReview: Under The Silver Lake – “A great neo-noir”
David Robert Mitchell returns with a new film. He made a big splash with It Follows a few years back. The new film is Under the Silver...
Read MoreReview: Piercing – “A visionary dark comedy”
I saw Piercing last year during Grimmfest in Manchester, where it was one of three or so stand-out films of the week. It was an early...
Read MoreJoe Dante talks Nightmare Cinema, The Movies That Made Me and more
Joe Dante doesn’t need any introduction: with movies like Gremlins and The ’Burbs, he’s one of the great cult filmmakers of the 20th...
Read More2018 Leeds Film Festival Review: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead – “A captivating and hilarious 90-minutes”
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead. is the latest film by maverick British filmmaker Ben Wheatley who has been inching to more mainstream...
Read More2018 Leeds Film Festival Review: Beautiful Boy – “You come for the performances by the two leads”
Beautiful Boy is the first major role for Timothée Chalamet after he blew up into one of the biggest stars of his generation in last...
Read MoreReview: John Carpenter’s The Fog
The Fog is John Carpenter’s follow-up to Halloween (setting aside his biopic on Elvis). It’s basically a ghost story about the...
Read MoreReview: They Live – “A film that becomes increasingly relevant over time”
For me, They Live will always be John Carpenter’s magnum opus, even though he made around half a dozen near to flat-out masterpieces...
Read MoreGrimmfest 2018 Review: Summer of 84 – “A fun throwback horror-thriller”
Summer of 84 is more or less a riff on a lot of Joe Dante projects, especially The ‘Burbs, but done very well. As the title suggests, it’s...
Read MoreGrimmfest 2018 Review – Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich – “Some of the most creative death scenes I’ve seen in a long time”
A reboot of the Charles Band’s Puppet Master franchise, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich is the 13th film in the series… and quite...
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