A Quiet Place and Hereditary are the two most acclaimed (some might say hyped) horror films of the year that aren't a remake or a sequel. Hereditary left me utterly cold and somewhat baffled by the critical response, it seemed like it was a horror film made for people who aren't fans of the genre. … Continue reading A Quiet Place – Blu-Ray Review →

Flesh + Blood was Paul Verhoeven’s first English-language film, made shortly after The Fourth Man. Verhoeven had built a reputation as a well-respected director with quite a following, but needed to branch out of the Dutch film industry, having reaching his limit in a small market. He used some leftover script material from the Dutch … Continue reading Flesh + Blood – Blu-Ray Review →

What is there to say: Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) is one of the best films ever made, everything that cinema should aspire to be. It is probably Cocteau’s best-known film, and creates a magical atmosphere. It follows the basic fairytale story as popularised by author Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. … Continue reading La Belle et la Bête – Blu-Ray Review →

Here lie the first two films from Rick Sloane, who created his own cottage industry of campy schlock horror movies—most famously the Gremlins rip-off Hobgoblins. His desire to make films started when he was 18 and saw Joe Dante's debut as a director, Hollywood Boulevard, which he co-directed with Allan Arkush (later the director of Rock … Continue reading Blood Theatre / Visitants – Blu-Ray Review →

F for Fake was until recently Orson Welles’s last finished film (his actual last film, The Other Side of the Wind, has just been posthumously completed and is set to come out on Netflix this autumn). Welles had already started making documentaries and travelogues, starting with Around the World With Orson Welles. There is an … Continue reading F For Fake – Blu-Ray Review →