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mysticism in film

Cinema at 3 A.M: ‘Messiah of Evil’ (1973)

13 January 2018 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ ‘Messiah of Evil’ falls somewhere between arthouse and grindhouse, early George Romero and late Mario Bava…

Mysticism in Film: ‘Greaser’s Palace’ (1971)

24 June 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ Robert Downey Sr’s Greaser’s Palace is one hell of a bonkers movie.

Mysticism in Film: ‘Heart of Glass’ (aka, Herz aus Glas, 1976)

8 April 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ Werner Herzog contemplates the chaos of the stars.

Mysticism in Film: ‘Zardoz’ (1974)

25 March 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ ‘The Gun is Good… The Penis is Evil!’ Here’s the nonsense that is Zardoz.

‘Zombie Lake’ reviewed

20 March 2017 Jonathan Sisson 1

❉ Zombie Lake is a ludicrously watchable piece of laugh-a-minute hokum.

Mysticism in Film: ‘The Blood on Satan’s Claw’ (1971)

11 March 2017 Jonathan Sisson 2

❉ Piers Haggard’s film is, along with The Wicker Man and Witchfinder General, one of the trinity of great British folk horror films.

Mysticism in Film: ‘Dr. Mabuse, The Gamber’ (aka, ‘Dr. Mabuse Der Spieler,’ 1922)

25 February 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ The first film in Fritz Lang’s ‘Dr Mabuse’ trilogy is one of the great master-works of silent cinema.

Mysticism in Film: ‘Upstream Color’ (2013)

18 February 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ Shane Carruth tackles the nature of god, the interconnectivity of all living things, the mechanics of love and relationships, PTSD and pig farming.

Mysticism in Film: ‘The Nude Vampire’ (aka La Vampire Nue, 1970)

4 February 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ Jean Rollin’s lysergic fever dream combines magical feminism, paganism, eroticism, Sadean satire… and vampires!

Mysticism in Film: ‘Nostalgia’ (‘Nostalghia’), 1983

28 January 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ Tarkovsky’s penultimate feature film is about faith, madness and frustrated dreams.

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