‘The Love Witch’: The modern Medea
❉ A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, in a tribute to 1960s Technicolor thrillers.
Film
Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star
❉ A new biography of 1930s film star Carole Lombard, from The History Press, has just been released.
An independent woman – ‘Margaret Lockwood: Queen of the Silver Screen’
❉ The centenary of Margaret Lockwood, one of Britain’s most successful film stars, is marked with an in-depth biography.
Time capsule: ‘Superstars In Concert’ on DVD
❉ ‘Superstars In Concert’, Peter Clifton’s capsule of the rock era, arrives on DVD. But is time on its side?
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Blue Is The Warmest Colour’ (2013)
❉ We revive the spirit of BBC2’s fondly remembered Sunday night film series ‘Moviedrome’, this week ‘Blue Is The Warmest Colour’.
Hip hop heroes – ‘Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives’
❉ A film about two quirky friends who became unlikely hip hop legends by shaping the genre and breaking the biggest rap artists ever.
Found Footage 101: ’84 Charlie MoPic’ (USA, 1989)
❉ We continue our ‘found footage’ retrospective with ’84 Charlie MoPic’. Out in the jungle, a mission goes horribly wrong…
Moviedrome Redux: ‘The Bank Job’ (2008)
❉ We Are Cult revives the spirit of BBC2’s fondly remembered Sunday night film series ‘Moviedrome’. This week, fact meets fiction in British heist flick ‘The Bank Job’ starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows.
Reflections on ‘My Neighbour Totoro’
❉An appreciation of ‘My Neighbour Totoro’, the heart-warming 1988 cult film from anime giant Studio Ghibli.
Late Night Double Feature: ‘Midnight Movie Monographs’
❉ We review the first two titles in this exciting new series, ‘Martin’ and ‘Theatre of Blood’.