Symptoms
Spanish director José Larraz’s take on the English ghost story is beautifully atmospheric and subtly disturbing.
Review by John Bleasdale
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Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight)
Orson Welles’s 1965 Shakespearian adaptation was a deeply personal film to the director.
Review by Paul Huckerby
Savage Messiah
Something about French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s story profoundly affected Ken Russell: the desire to transcend one’s drab, quotidian surroundings while resisting the pull of airy transcendentalism.
Review by John A. Riley
In Defence of Lisztomania
Even Ken Russell fans tend to shy away from Lisztomania. It is seen as the point where Russell goes ‘too far’ and collapses into self-parody.
Review by Richard Bancroft
All Tomorrow’s Parties
All Tomorrow’s Parties offers a kaleidoscopic foray into the music festival of the same name, now held at Butlins Holiday Centre in Minehead, Somerset.
Review by Lucy Hurst
THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
Directed by Swedish silent master Victor Sjí¶strí¶m, this moral tale tinged with supernatural is released on DVD with a new score by KTL.
Review by Philip Winter
This Transient Life
Buddhist symbolism abounds in director Akio Jissoji’s small-screen work and he had a knack for juxtaposing the fantastical with the mundane.
Review by Tom Mes
O.K. Connery
Deliriously stylish Italian exploitation does Bond with Sean Connery’s brother in lead role.
Review by Kim Newman
Raging Sharks
Finned fiends attack an underwater base in this sharksploitation entry.
Review by Kim Newman
Cold Hell
Giallo comes to Austria in this super creepy, densely layered and politically/sociologically charged film.
Review by Greg Klymkiw