Ivan’s Childhood
Tarkovsky’s first feature-length film established him immediately as a major new talent in Soviet and world cinema.
Review by John Bleasdale
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Tenebrae
Other than John Waters, it is difficult to think of a filmmaker who revels so much in ugliness as Dario Argento.
Review by John Bleasdale
Pi
Mathematics is a difficult topic to film.
Review by John Bleasdale
I Saw the Devil
In Kim Ji-Woon’s new film, vengeance is all, in a full-throated, blood-soaked revenge opera.
Review by John Bleasdale
Deep Red
‘It should be more trashy,’ says the protagonist at the beginning of Dario Argento’s seminal giallo, nailing the film’s gaudy colours firmly to the mast.
Review by John Bleasdale
2011 Big Expectations, Great Disappointments
Electric Sheep writers review the films that turned out to be big disappointments in 2011.
Best DVD/Blu-ray Releases of 2011
Electric Sheep writers review the best DVD and Blu-ray releases in 2011.
Best Festival Films of 2011
Electric Sheep writers review the best films seen at festivals in 2011, including Shame and Once upon a Time in Anatolia.
Best Films of 2011
Electric Sheep writers review the best films of 2011.