Cross of Love
A montage of tempestuous winds and angry waves: within seconds of the opening of Cross of Love (1945), Tulio makes sure we know discord will ensue.
Review by Julian Ross
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Children of the Revolution
Shane O’Sullivan’s documentary Children of the Revolution offers a unique point of reference on 60s revolutionary activism: the daughters of the revolution.
Review by Julian Ross
Galaxy
What is most remarkable about Galaxy is its continuous ability to discover a film language of its own and its command of the abstract universe it has envisioned.
Review by Julian Ross
Poetry
Together with Mija, the film searches for the beauty of life to translate into poetry, yet struggles to direct its lens away from the indecent behaviour that surrounds and continually interrupts its quest.
Review by Julian Ross
Best Films of 2011
Electric Sheep writers review the best films of 2011.
Aaaaaaaah!
Steve Oram’s directorial debut is a grunting comic delight.
Review by Pierre Kapitaniak
A Field in England
Ben Wheatley’s astonishing, psychedelic period piece is an original, adventurous, imaginative, compelling work.
Review by Virginie Sélavy
Horror Express
There are few films that fit the title of ‘cult favourite’ better than Eugenio Martín’s Horror Express (1972).
Review by Jim Harper
RED RIDING TRILOGY
Where once we had great adaptations of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens Red Riding illustrates a shift in what is considered ‘quality programming’: violence, convoluted plots, stylish direction and mild controversy (HBO-ness in short) are now the order of the day.
Review by Paul Huckerby
SCOTT WALKER: 30 CENTURY MAN
It’s difficult to think of another artist whose work has taken the same trajectory as that of the enigmatic Scott Walker (né Engel), from teen pop idol to avant-garde composer, from low to high art, from the universal appeal of the pop song to the altogether more uncompromising abstractions of industrial noise.
Review by Sean Price