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!
MYSTICISM
Mysticism in Film: ‘Nostalgia’ (‘Nostalghia’), 1983
❉ Tarkovsky’s penultimate feature film is about faith, madness and frustrated dreams.
Mysticism in Film: ‘The Wicker Man’ (1973)
❉ We go inside The Wicker Man – one of the most iconic British films ever made, and an apex of the folk horror genre.
The Cult of Free Love: ‘Love Revolution’ reviewed
❉ Modern technology meets retro psychedelia with the enigmatic Cult of Free Love’s blissed-out debut album…
Mysticism in Film: ‘Stalker’ (1979)
❉ 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
❉ We conclude our odyssey of oddities through Philippe Garrel’s allegorical mindfuck of sand, fire and ice…
Mysticism in Film: ‘The Inner Scar’ (‘La Cicatrice Intérieure,’ 1972) Part 2
❉ We continue our mind-blowing odyssey through ‘The Inner Scar’ and pause to admire Nico’s cheekbones.
Richard Stanley’s ‘Dust Devil’ and the changing face of Film4
❉ We revisit Richard Stanley’s ‘Dust Devil’ and look at its place in Film4’s history.