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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
A lot of people won’t know the name Chris Sievey. A true comedic visionary – or pain in the arse, depending on who you ask – Chris was the man inside Frank Sidebottom’s large papier-mâché head. Following Lenny Abrah...
Film
Lucky
One year ago, the great Harry Dean Stanton passed away at the age of 91, just months after Lucky premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, 2017. It was poignant and felt almost planned that this should be his final lead performance ...
Film
London Symphony
Back in the early 20s, a genre emerged during the era of silent film-making that has largely been ignored ever since. Poetic and experimental documentaries began cropping up in the form of ‘city symphonies’; doing little more o...
Film
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro begins by telling the audience that shortly before writer James Baldwin’s death, he was planning to embark on a new writing project. The planned work, Remember This House, was to be a tribute to his fallen f...
DVD And Blu-ray
Assault on Precinct 13
Within the first few seconds of Assault on Precinct 13, you know you’re in the company of John Carpenter. As his foreboding synth score pounds over the opening credits, the film is immediately unmistakably Carpenter. Amazing, t...
DVD And Blu-ray
Christine
2016 has already been an exciting year for fans of the Master of Horror himself, John Carpenter. As he continues to travel the world with his first ever live music tour performing selections from his iconic scores, long overdue...
DVD And Blu-ray
Body Double
The year is 1984. The world is anxiously waiting for Brian De Palma’s next film after the now-classic Scarface received a mixed reception in ’83. In October, they got what they were waiting for – the dark and erotic Body Double...
DVD And Blu-ray
Bowfinger
In 1927, a Russian filmmaker covertly shot footage of the then “America’s Sweetheart” Mary Pickford on her holiday, and subsequently fashioned an entire film around the footage creating the illusion she was starring in the film...
DVD And Blu-ray
Wizards
Ralph Bakshi has often been labelled the ‘bad boy of animation’, and it’s easy to see why when perusing his oeuvre. The obscene Fritz the Cat alone is enough to shock even the most hardened animation fans. So when Bakshi announ...
DVD And Blu-ray
Out Of Sight
In 2009, Entertainment Weekly published the ’50 Sexiest Movies Ever’ list. If you’ve seen Out of Sight before, you’ll understand completely why it took the top spot. And if you haven’t, boy are you in for a treat. Steven Soderb...
