Battles without Honour or Humanity
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
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Barry Lyndon
An appraisal of the merits of Mr Stanley Kubrick’s considerable film essay on ambition and ruin.
Review by John Bleasdale
Symptoms
Spanish director José Larraz’s take on the English ghost story is beautifully atmospheric and subtly disturbing.
Review by John Bleasdale
Eureka
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
Five Dolls for an August Moon
A stylish but minor entry in the Mario Bava oeuvre with an Agatha Christie-type set-up.
Review by John Bleasdale
Fires on the Plain
Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s latest film offers a horrific vision of war as internal hell.
Review by John Bleasdale
Kinetta
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
Spione
Fritz Lang’s inventive, thrilling spy adventure is full of twisted plotting and rich details.
Review by John Bleasdale
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Robert Wiene’s expressionist classic has madness running all the way through it.
Review by John Bleasdale
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Borowczyk’s take on Stevenson is a kinky French horror film, with a disturbingly lustful sadism.
Review by John Bleasdale