To mark the complete David Lynch restrospective at BFI Southbank, which runs from 7 to 29 February 2012 and includes his early shorts, we have a comic strip on his femmes fatales. For more information, please go to the BFI Southbank website.
FALLING: The Allure of the Femme Fatale in the World of David Lynch. By Richy K. Chandler, who thanks Joan Chen, Sherilyn Fenn, Mark Frost, Sergeja Krajnc, Sheryl Lee, David Lynch, Mike Perschon, Isabella Rossellini, Shilla Solanki and Alanna Thain.
As part of our January theme on fake documentaries, Edd Paul reviews The Blair Witch Project (1999), which is available on DVD in the UK from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
As part of our review of the year’s best films, Wyn Ross picks George Clooney’s The Ides of March, which was released in the UK on 28 October by Entertainment One and is still playing in some UK cinemas.
The third in the trilogy of films based on Nigel Kneale’s seminal Quatermass series, Quatermass and the Pit, about a scientist battling terrifying alien forces discovered during excavations in London, was made by Hammer Studios in 1967. It is released on Double Play (DVD + Blu-ray) in the UK on October 10 by Studiocanal.
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Directed by Gilles Marchand from a script co-written with Dominik Moll (who gave us the brilliant Harry, He’s Here To Help), Black Heaven follows a young man’s obsessive descent into a dark world of suicide pacts and dangerous games after he and his girfriend stumble upon a lost mobile phone. Black Heaven is released on DVD by Arrow Films on 5 September 2011.
Based on a true story, Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernández’s claustrophobic chiller The Silent House (La Casa Muda) follows a young woman trapped in a dark house that hides disturbing secrets. The Silent House is released on DVD on August 1 by Optimum Releasing.
The Twilight Zone is coming to DVD and, for the first time ever in the UK, to Blu-ray. Over the course of 2011, Shock Entertainment and FremantleMedia Enterprises will be releasing all five complete seasons of the series (originally broadcast between 1959 and 1964) plus the complete 1980s revival series. The Twilight Zone: The Original Series was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 2 and The Twilight Zone: Season Two on June 20. Season Three, Season Four and Season Five will follow over the next few months and complete box-sets of the original series and the 1980s series will be released on DVD only on October 31.
To see the animated version of John Spelling’s comic review, just click on it!
As part of our apocalyptic theme, Douglas Noble reviews Richard Stanley’s dystopian cyber-horror movie Hardware (1990).
Luc Besson’s adaptation of Jacques Tardi’s famous comic follows the adventures of a beautiful and daring young reporter at the beginning of the 20th century. Adele Blanc-Sec is released on April 22 in UK cinemas by Optimum Releasing.
Luc Besson’s adaptation of Jacques Tardi’s famous comic follows the adventures of a beautiful and daring young reporter at the beginning of the 20th century. Adele Blanc-Sec is released on April 22 in UK cinemas by Optimum Releasing.
To complement our month-long exploration of women and horror cinema, artist Lisa Gornick explores the genre in cartoon form.
