For many fans of cult cinema, Suspiria needs no introduction. This year, Dario Argento's incredible Italian horror movie is forty years old. To celebrate, it's been lovingly restored and is back in cinemas to enthrall us.
Suspiria (1977)
Author: Dave McAllister
Manifesto (2017)
Cate Blanchett is in full chameleon mode in this fascinating and surprisingly playful film. Neither fiction nor documentary, Manifesto is an entertaining oddity with a very unusual concept.
Jabberwocky (1977)
Terry Gilliam's first film as sole director, lovingly restored by the BFI and Criterion, is an energetic and amusing yarn with a strong visual style. Even the mud looks beautiful.
The Burning (1980)
The Burning is a 1980 slasher movie, recently restored and released by Arrow Video.
Five Came Back (2017)
Netflix's new three-part documentary is a fascinating account of how five top Hollywood directors - John Huston, John Ford, Frank Capra, George Stevens and William Wyler - went with US troops to cover the second world war.
White Heat (1949)
My first Jimmy Cagney gangster flick (and on the big screen no less) and it's a good one.
Tower (2016)
Would you have the courage to risk your life to save someone else? In 1966 a man with a rifle started shooting at passers-by indiscriminately from the top of a tower in Austin, Texas. Bodies lay on the street. The shooting continued for ninety minutes before the gunman was stopped. This film recounts the stories… Continue reading Tower (2016)
Endless Poetry (aka Poesía sin Fin) (2016)
"You should not fear getting old, you become free from concerns about sex, money and passions. It is the time when you detach from yourself". Well into his 80s, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky is returning to his youth.
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
The Guardian review of Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals is spot on. It's a bold film of two interlocking tales: one a character study of Amy Adams's art dealer Susan and secondly a dramatisation of her ex-husband's first novel that she's reading. The novel dramatisation is a tense West-Texan revenge thriller and it's genuinely exciting. It… Continue reading Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Dog Eat Dog (2016)
"I've made a number of films in my career that are prestigious and important. This isn't one of them".
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