Martyrs
Aaauuuuggghh. That’s the sound of me just having watched 2008 horror film Martyrs. From the New French Extremity movement, Martyrs is ostensibly the story of a woman (Mylène Jampanoï) seeking revenge on her torturers, […]
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Woody Allen: A Double Bill – Part 7: Woody Allen’s New Nightmare
A belated happy birthday to Woody Allen, who turned 80 this week. Let’s pretend I timed this post deliberately, as I review another of his best films and another of […]
The Dead Zone
If I were producing a film, I’d choose David Cronenberg to direct, Stephen King to write and Christopher Walken to star. Which pretty much makes The Dead Zone my ideal movie. After […]
The Poseidon Adventure
A New Year’s Eve celebration on an ocean liner is brought to a watery halt when the ship capsizes. Which is still preferable to most New Year’s Eve parties. Another huge production by […]
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Our Marithon continues with 1954’s There’s No Business Like Show Business, the story of a Vaudeville family-act called The Five Donahues – like the Osmonds but with Ethel Merman instead […]
Son of Rambow
From Be Kind Rewind to Super 8, there have been a few movies about amateur filmmaking in recent years. But there’s nothing amateur about Son of Rambow, the 2007 comedy written and directed by […]
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
With the discovery this week of the biggest diamond for 100 years, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to look back at a film based around the girl’s […]
Bonnie and Clyde
This 1967 classic tells the story of Bonnie and Clyde, the Depression-era outlaws with one simple objective: “We rob banks.” Arthur Penn’s movie humanises Bonnie and Clyde without glamorising them. […]
Psych-Out
Psych-Out is a 1968 psychedelic drama directed by Richard Rush, and Richard rushed to get the movie made in time to cash in on the Summer of Love. The film […]
Frankenstein (1931)
This is the definitive adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel – the one you’ve seen clips of, and the one a million later Frankenstein’s monsters have been modelled on. Created […]
Screen Goblin 