Movie-Making Gone Mental: ‘Director’s Cut’
❉ Penn Jillette and Adam Rifkin’s film-within-a-film lives up to its own mad, twisted hype.
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‘Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema’
❉ Includes A Taste of Honey, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and two cuts of Tom Jones.
Podcast of the Week: Twenty Thousand Hertz
❉ This week: A podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognisable and interesting sounds.
This is Hardcore: ‘Pulp’ (1972)
❉ Mike Hodges and Michael Caine’s follow up to Get Carter, recently released by Arrow Video.
‘Beast’ (15) reviewed
❉ Michael Pearce’s first feature-length project is a horrific, psychological character study.
‘Who’s Jenna?’ – Interview: Thomas Baldinger
❉ Thomas Baldinger, writer/director of indie comedy ‘Who’s Jenna..?’, tells all.
New UK trailer for Jayne Mansfield documentary, Mansfield 66/67
❉ What is the truth behind Hollywood legend Jayne Mansfield’s death?
Inspiring The Incredible: The Miracles Of Ray Harryhausen
❉ Ken Shinn explores The Wonderful Worlds Of Ray Harryhausen.
‘The Holly Kane Experiment’ reviewed
❉ “The only pleasure here is seeing that Nicky Henson is still getting work”, writes Iain MacLeod.
The Beat Goes On: The Art of the Music Biopic
❉ Paul Abbott reflects on the much-derided genre of the music biopic.