Bertrand Tavernier was a titan of French filmmaking whose body of work is one of the most diverse in world cinema. He would jump from neo-noir to science fiction to period drama to jazz, and of course contributing to the long history of the "French sad girl film" and even doing extensive work in documentary … Continue reading Essential Tavernier Boxset – Blu-Ray Review →

"Anything can happen in the next half hour". Stingray was a big departure for Gerry Anderson in many regards. For one thing, it had the honour of being the first British TV show shot entirely in colour, (The Adventures of Sir Lancelot was first show shot in colour, but only for the last 14 episodes.) … Continue reading Stingray – Blu-Ray Review →

Claude Chabrol was a hack, but a knowing hack—he was the most prolific of all the major French New Wave directors, making an average of at least one feature film every year from 1958 to 2010. The first year he didn't make a film was 1979, and Chabrol only missed a handful of years from … Continue reading Twisting the Knife: Four Films by Claude Chabrol – Blu-Ray Review →

This release consists of a wonderful collection of anti-drug educational films made from the late '60s into the early '70s, most centred around LSD. The release includes 11 films, plus an edited mix of four of the films that keeps the most amusing bits while editing out some of the shorts’ duller moments. The shorts … Continue reading The Scare Film Archives Vol.1 – Drug Stories – Blu-Ray Review →

12 Monkeys is Terry Gilliam's most commercially successful film by sheer box-office numbers... although Time Bandits turned a bigger profit due to its low budget and being a surprise blockbuster hit in the United States. It was a project that came to Gilliam from Universal and the screenwriter couple David and Janet Peoples - David … Continue reading 12 Monkeys – UHD Review →