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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 1

❉ 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.

Mysticism in Film: ‘The Last Wave’ (1977) – Part 2

14 January 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ The concluding part of our walkabout through Peter Weir’s most underrated film of the seventies.

Mysticism in Film: ‘The Last Wave’ (1977) – Part 1

7 January 2017 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ A two-part guide through the outback of Peter Weir’s most underrated film of the seventies.

Mysticism in Film: ‘The Wicker Man’ (1973)

17 December 2016 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ We go inside The Wicker Man – one of the most iconic British films ever made, and an apex of the folk horror genre.

Mysticism in Film: ‘Stalker’ (1979)

3 December 2016 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ In Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 film Stalker, a guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.

Mysticism in Film: ‘The Inner Scar’ (‘La Cicatrice Intérieure,’ 1972) Part 3

26 November 2016 Jonathan Sisson 0

❉ We conclude our odyssey of oddities through Philippe Garrel’s allegorical mindfuck of sand, fire and ice…

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