Blu-Ray Review: Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Sergei Eisenstein isn’t a name familiar to many now, but he was responsible for not only creating arguably the greatest Russian cinema of the mid-to-late 1920 but also as a…
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Blu-Ray Review: Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
Sam Peckinpah was one of the most unpredictable enigmas of American cinema. Characterised by their extreme violence and unique visual brush strokes, his films were often brutal and controversial. Whilst…
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Blu-Ray Review: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / From Caligari to Hitler
There are a small number of films which are universally accepted as changing cinema forever. Described as “the first true horror film” by the late great Roger Ebert, Das Cabinet…
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DVD Review: Black Society Trilogy
Takashi Miike is a name which became synonymous with Asian Extreme film-making at the turn of the century. He made his name on the international stage with cult films such…
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Blu-Ray Review: Metropolis
When Fritz Lang’s Metropolis was released in 1927 it almost single-handedly spawned a whole new genre of film: Science-Fiction. The original silent film spurred Osamu Tezuka to create a Japanese…
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Blu-ray Review: His Girl Friday (Criterion Collection)
First produced in 1928, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s Broadway play Front Page revolutionised comedy, both on stage and on the big screen. The intricate plotting and rapid-fire dialogue has…
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Blu-Ray Review: Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko was one of the first films to ride the power of the internet wave to go from a limited opening to becoming one of the most iconic of…
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DVD Review: The Young Pope
There’s possibly only one director working in cinema today who can match Baz Luhrmann in terms of glamour and sumptuous visuals aesthetic. Paolo Sorrentino has an extraordinary eye. He demonstrates…
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Blu-Ray Review: Indochine
The French’s colonial presence in French Indochina personifies the nation’s haphazard relationship with its colonies. Incorporating the modern territories of three Vietnamese states, Laos and Cambodia, relations within the region…
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Blu-Ray Review: Fright Night (1985)
For many young boys (and girls), growing-up watching late night horror shows used to be a ritual. The likes of The Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt or The Night…
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