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Sister George and her companions may be considered wicked by some audiences, and obscene by the original censors, who to Aldrich’s horror gave the film an X rating, but to Club Des Femmes they are heroines.
Feature by Lisa Williams
Kenneth Anger tells Electric Sheep, Flux and The Quietus about using a Lutheran Sunday School film in Scorpio Rising, making a film about his neighbour Elliott Smith’s suicide and how the Soviet Union built a 3D screen made up of a million piano wires.
As the BFI hosts a major two-month retrospective of the most British of American directors, it is the occasion to examine Joseph Losey’s ambiguous approach to class, self, truth, and their many permutations.
Feature by Jeff Hilson
Julian Richards’s latest, the adolescent thriller Summer Scars, has enjoyed a successful festival run internationally and now returns here for a screening as part of the New British Cinema strand at the ICA. James Merchant caught up with the director to discuss the benefits of filming in the woods, working with 14-year-olds, and his unconventional approach to selling the film.
Interview by James Merchant
The high and lows from this year’s selection.
Report by Pamela Jahn
Submitted as Bulgaria’s official candidate for the Oscars, Zift is the striking directorial debut of Javor Gardev. Electric Sheep met Javor Gardev in the entangled scents of Istanbul, eager to understand why being dangerous keeps you alive…
Interview by Celluloid Liberation Front
Three of the short films that were screened at the 2009 Glimmer festival were produced by the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network. Electric Sheep talked to the Head of Operations of the SYFN Rob Speranza, a native New Yorker who relocated to Sheffield 13 years ago.
Interview by John Berra
The Glasgow-based folk-meets-krautrock sextet tell us about their favourite films.
Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes) combines elements of science fiction and psycho thrillers to create a film full of intriguing ideas and imagery. Alex Fitch spoke to director, writer and star of the film Nacho Vigalondo about his influences and love of genre movies.
Interview by Alex Fitch
Pascal Laugier talks about his controversial horror film Martyrs, a story of love between two damaged young women, their revenge against those who abused one of them, and, more generally, the intense pain of human life.
Interview by Virginie Sélavy