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Battles without Honour or Humanity

August 7, 2016 VirginieSelavy

Fukasaku’s 1973 yakuza movie is imbued with a sense of the absurd stupidity of violence and anger at the mythology of the criminal clans.
Review by John Bleasdale

Asian cinemacrimeJapanese cinemaKinji Fukasakuyakuza
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Barry Lyndon

July 3, 2016 Pam Jahn

An appraisal of the merits of Mr Stanley Kubrick’s considerable film essay on ambition and ruin.
Review by John Bleasdale

British literatureliterary adaptationsRyan O’NealStanley KubrickThackeray
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Symptoms

May 12, 2016 Pam Jahn

Spanish director José Larraz’s take on the English ghost story is beautifully atmospheric and subtly disturbing.
Review by John Bleasdale

British cinemaghost storypsychotic women
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Eureka

March 30, 2016 Pam Jahn

Nicolas Roeg’s overlooked saga about the spectacular rise and fall of a gold prospector is a rich and audacious masterwork.
Review by John Bleasdale

American cinemaBritish cinemacapitalismgreedNicolas Roeg
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Five Dolls for an August Moon

February 20, 2016 Pam Jahn

A stylish but minor entry in the Mario Bava oeuvre with an Agatha Christie-type set-up.
Review by John Bleasdale

1970s filmAgatha Christiecrime thrillerEdwige FenechgialloItalian filmMario Bava
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Fires on the Plain

February 24, 2015 Pam Jahn

Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s latest film offers a horrific vision of war as internal hell.
Review by John Bleasdale

Japanese filmShin'ya TsukamotoTetsuowar films
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Kinetta

January 26, 2015 Pam Jahn

The debut feature by the director of Dogtooth is a dreary affair that lacks the dark humour of its follow-up.
Review by John Bleasdale

DogtoothgamesGreek cinemaYorgos Lanthimos
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Spione

December 20, 2014 Pam Jahn

Fritz Lang’s inventive, thrilling spy adventure is full of twisted plotting and rich details.
Review by John Bleasdale

action filmsearly cinemaFritz LangGerman cinemasilent filmspy filmsThea von Harbou
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The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

August 1, 2014 VirginieSelavy

Robert Wiene’s expressionist classic has madness running all the way through it.
Review by John Bleasdale

Conrad VeidtcreaturesGerman expressionismhypnotismsilent filmsleepwalkingsomnanbulism
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

July 10, 2014 Pam Jahn

Borowczyk’s take on Stevenson is a kinky French horror film, with a disturbingly lustful sadism.
Review by John Bleasdale

dr jekyllhorror filmMr Hyderobert louis stevensonUdo KierVictorian fictionWalerian Borowcyzk

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