Film

What do you think of when you see the words “erotic” and “thriller” placed together in sequence? Is it Glenn Close telling Michael Douglas “I’m not going to be ignored, Dan!”? Or is it Shannon Whirry, in lingerie, staring at ...

ALL THAT JAZZ (20th Century-Fox / Columbia, 1979) Bob Fosse’s semi-autobiographical All that Jazz is a masterpiece of seventies cinema, a pillar of New Hollywood, and a testament to this multi-talented artist’s genius. As Fosse delves into life, sex, art, ...

“I’ve left the world behind I’m safe here in my mind I’m free to speak with my own kind This is my life, this is my life I’ll decide not you Keep the world with all its sin It’s not ...

*Contains spoilers* “Of all the melancholy themes, the one universally recognised by mankind as the saddest of all is the most obvious one: Death. And that most melancholy theme becomes the most poetic of all, when coupled with the theme ...

Over the last few months multiplatform distributor 88 Films has added two memorable, and potentially controversial, horror sequels to its expanding range of new releases. The first of these, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh was Bill Condon’s divisive follow-up to ...

Hammer fans who have a soft spot for Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) are in good company with no less a fan than Martin Scorsese, who has referred to this as his favorite Hammer film of all time. Those of us who first ...

The original stage musical of The Wiz was a massive success. Here was an all-black version of an updated The Wizard of Oz (1939) where rural Kansas became Harlem and Oz was a variant of a black-centric New York City. ...

I didn’t grow up on Westerns, despite how they were often shoved down my throat. I hated Roy Rogers and John Wayne. The idea of The Lone Ranger and Zorro was all right, but I preferred my masked vigilantes a ...

I have always had great love and affinity for the darker side of things. This not only encompasses my love of all things horror but is also true when it comes to romance. The conventional love story has never had ...

BOOM! (1968) opens with heavy waves crashing against jagged rocks, there’s no sandy beach, no surfers, just grey water loudly slapping grey stone, nature setting the tone of anger and isolation. The film is set in a mansion perched atop ...