Kotoko
Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s latest film starts with an intensity that doesn’t diminish throughout the film.
Review by Nicola Woodham
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Baby Face
Barbara Stanwyck’s role as Lily Powers in Baby Face (1933) was a great opportunity for the actress to show her range.
Review by Nicola Woodham
Stake Land
Set in apocalyptic America, the story follows the travels of vampire stalker Mister and orphaned Martin, picked up by Mister as an apprentice/vampire killer pal.
Review by Nicola Woodham
Amer
In giallo, there are two levels of reality: the everyday reality of bumbling detectives or over-curious, gorgeous girls, and a subjective reality, where we might learn about a bitter memory that haunts a serial killer, or a character’s experience of ecstasy, be that of terror or pleasure.
Review by Nicola Woodham
We Are What We Are
When a middle-aged man drops dead in a shopping mall in urban Mexico, black blood exuding from his mouth, he leaves a terrible legacy. He has been the sole hunter for his wife and children who, like him, are cannibals.
Review by Nicola Woodham
Gun Crazy
‘I want things,’ says Laurie Starr, anti-heroine of cult film noir Gun Crazy.
Review by Frances Morgan