The Point is a bizarro animated ABC Movie of the Week that was based on a story by the singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson, who also supplied the songs. It came out in 1971, which was during Nilsson's most commercially successful period. This when he’d made the absolutely fantastic Nilsson Schmilsson album, which has some of most famous songs, like … Continue reading The Point – Blu-Ray Review
Bliss is a little indie horror film that did the festival rounds last year, including the premiere UK genre festival, Frightfest. It's directed by Joe Begos, who has been making low-budget horror movies for the better part of the last decade. This film most certainly wears it influences on its sleeve: Gaspar Noé and Abel Ferrara's The … Continue reading Bliss – Blu-Ray Review
Hôtel du Nord is a film from the great French director Marcel Carné who, along with Jean Renoir and Jean Vigo, was one of key directors to come out of the Poetic Realism movement in French cinema in the '30s. It's a fascinating genre for a whole host of reasons: they are often crime films … Continue reading Hôtel du Nord – Blu-Ray Review
Orphans was actor Peter Mullan’s first film as a director—Mullan is best-known for his role as Swanney/Mother Superior in Trainspotting and for his title role in My Name is Joe, for which he won a Best Actor award at Cannes. It’s a very odd Scottish black comedy about three brothers and their disabled sister as … Continue reading Orphans – Blu-Ray Review
Black Angel is a little-known noir based on a Cornell Woolrich novel. Woolrich’s work was adapted for film a lot: Phantom Lady and Rear Window were two such adaptations, and even Truffaut made a couple of films based on Woolrich’s books. One of his short stories was used for the under-rated noir The Window, one … Continue reading Black Angel – Blu-Ray Review
