From the flipside: Oddities and forgotten gems of sixties British cinema
❉ Take a trip down some of the lesser-known, uncharted byways of sixties British cinema.
FILM
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Ironweed’ (1987)
❉ Nick Clement presents his assessments of cinematic gems and cult oddities. This week, two lost souls search for meaning in their broken lives.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Domino’ (2005)
❉ Nick Clement presents his assessments of cinematic gems and cult oddities. This week, Tony Scott’s undervalued pièce de résistance.
Mysticism in Film: ‘The Nude Vampire’ (aka La Vampire Nue, 1970)
❉ Jean Rollin’s lysergic fever dream combines magical feminism, paganism, eroticism, Sadean satire… and vampires!
‘The Time Machine’ (1960) revisited
❉ An appreciation of George Pal’s film, one of the cornerstones of “Steampunk”, released during the height of the nuclear arms race.
Danse Macabre: ‘Sulphur’ by Cult Modern reviewed
❉ ‘Sulphur’ is the latest short film from director Christopher Ian Smith, exploring the darker dimensions of our odd, English folk traditions.
The Original ‘Doctor Strange’: Marvel’s Phase Zero
❉ Benedict who? Take a voyage to Trip Out City with the late 1970s incarnation of Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme.
Generation wrecks: ‘T2: Trainspotting 2’ reviewed
❉ “Choose living in the past because the future is broken”
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Falling Down’ (1993)
❉ This week, Nick Clement revisits an underrated gem that remains as thought provoking now as it did when it first came out.
Mysticism in Film: ‘Nostalgia’ (‘Nostalghia’), 1983
❉ Tarkovsky’s penultimate feature film is about faith, madness and frustrated dreams.