Category Archives: Reviews

A feral display of documentary techniques in service of a truly nightmarish dystopian vision. This feels white knuckle-terrifying at every turn. Bulging eyes, sweat everywhere, the landscape and film grain rough like sandpaper, the whole film resembles a cigarette burn. … Continue reading →

Man of Violence aka Moon is a scrappy little 60s brit exploitation movie by famed scuzz-master Andy Milligan made just before he concentrated all his skills on horror pictures. While yes this was released in 1971, it is nevertheless animated through and through … Continue reading →

What a striking blast of inventive technique this is. Nobody could wield a documentary approach for fictional purposes like Peter Watkins. This story of the creation of a pop messiah for the purposes of political totalitarianism is wildly ahead of … Continue reading →

“As long as the music’s loud enough, we won’t hear the world falling apart” Like the concrete and graffiti that fills its frames, Jubilee combines grit with a scrappy graphic artistry to render the burgeoning UK punk scene on celluloid. It’s successful … Continue reading →

Criminally misunderstood and rejected upon release, this is a groundbreaking dissection of feminine sexuality personified by Meg Ryan, at 42, owning every inch of her age and maturity to heighten an already-incredible performance. Grisly, lurid and soaked in fluids, part-urban … Continue reading →

It’s so thrilling to see Peele settle into being a genre filmmaker who is determined to bring new ideas, scenarios and images to the table, as well as a new perspective, instead of being shackled or beholden to what came … Continue reading →

A hot-blooded and incredibly lurid splash-page of medieval fantasy imagery and slick filmmaking. This one genuinely took me by surprise by how wet (bloody) and wild it was willing to get. Zemeckis’ knack for fluid camerawork and VFX gymnastics is … Continue reading →

Even after acknowledging the fact that this was taken out of his hands and severely re-shot and re-edited, it’s hard to spot any traces of Ti West in this thing. I tried to see through the edits and assemble an … Continue reading →

WOW. One of the most cinematically stimulating and erotic movies I’ve ever seen. Has a graphic quality and grasp of cinematic language and technique that just sends my heart racing. It reminded me of the first time I saw Point Blank (one … Continue reading →