Found Footage 101: ‘Man Bites Dog’ (Belgium, 1993)
❉ Found Footage 101 continues with ‘Man Bites Dog’, a hard-hitting satire about the role of the media and violence.
FILM
‘Psychedelic Celluloid: British Pop Music in Film & TV 1965 – 1974’
❉ We review Simon Matthews’ magical history tour of Swinging Sixties British cinema.
Osamu Tezuka’s ‘Metropolis’ comes to Blu-ray
❉ Eureka Entertainment is to present Osamu Tezuka’s ‘Metropolis’ for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Beetlejuice’ (1988)
❉ We revive the spirit of BBC2’s ‘Moviedrome’ – this week: ‘Beetlejuice’ Day-oh!
Subterranean homesick alien: ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’
❉ We mark the 40th anniversary of the cult classic, ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’, re-released today as a 4k restoration.
Found Footage 101: ‘The Forbidden Quest’ (Netherlands, 1989)
❉ As we look at the found footage films that lead up to ‘The Blair Witch Project’, we go on a ‘Forbidden Quest’…
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.
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…
Reflections on ‘My Neighbour Totoro’
❉An appreciation of ‘My Neighbour Totoro’, the heart-warming 1988 cult film from anime giant Studio Ghibli.