‘The Almodóvar Collection’
✻ We review ‘The Almodóvar Collection’, a brand new boxset of six newly restored films from one of Spain’s most celebrated and truly original filmmakers.
Month: September 2016
‘Bus Stop’: Marilyn Monroe’s breakthrough
✻ Sixty years on, we acknowledge Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Bus Stop’, and reflect on her iconic status.
‘Songbird’: Folk horror with a modern twist
✻ We chat to Tommy Draper, writer of Brit indie flick ‘Songbird’, a modern day folk-horror fairy tale.
Details of upcoming British comedy, ‘Burn Burn Burn’
❉ Featuring Laura Carmichael, Joe Dempsie, Jack Farthing, Alison Steadman, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips and Nigel Planer.
A room of one’s own: Carla Lane’s ‘Solo’
❉ We revisit ‘Solo’, Carla Lane’s feminist sitcom starring Felicity Kendal.
Silhouettes and Shadows: David Bowie Remembered
✻ Brixton based Photofusion is collaborating with Rockarchive to produce a free exhibition dedicated to the memory of David Bowie
Matt Berry: ‘The Small Hours’
❉ Matt Berry’s sixth album reviewed: “the sound of Roy Budd and Ronnie Hazlehurst going on an Absinthe bender in Soho”
‘Hammer House of Horror’ revisited
❉ We look back on the memorable ITV anthology series from the Hammer stable
‘Flowers’ to return to Channel 4 for second series
❉ Channel 4 today confirms that Flowers will return for a much anticipated second series.
Marion: Music for outsiders
❉ We look back on the chequered past of Britpop casualties Marion as their two albums get the deluxe treatment