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Mark Cousins is always a notable presence in his own films. His voice, his authorial stamp, recognisably familiar both in tone and intent has always accompanied his investigations into the personal and the cinematic. For Cousins, the…

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali charts the friendship between two of the towering figures of the twentieth century. Through breathless narration, personal reflections from family members, and commentary from diverse backgrounds,…

The header on the stationary at the Hotel Earle reads: “A Day or a Lifetime.” And with that comes the key to entering the strange world constructed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Later in the film, when Barton (John Turturro) is pressed about how…

It’s a shame we won’t be able to see Beckett on the big screen. While the film is far from perfect, director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino delivers something far more appealing than its dreary trailer would suggest. There are exotic locales,…

Untold: Malice at the Palace asks the viewer to reconsider the legacy of the eponymous brawl. On 19 November 2004, the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons got into a shoving match which escalated into a riot at Detroit’s Palace at Auburn…

The Others, Alejandro Amenábar’s supernatural masterpiece, is classic enough in its stylings to appear as from out of time. What we have is a haunting, a particular set of arcane rules, conspiratorial outsiders, and things unseen in the…

The Omega Man strays far enough away from its source, Richard Matheson’s seminal novel I Am Legend, as to only need to give the author a perfunctory credit. While the film does not work as adaptation, it is nonetheless a valuable window…

This review contains spoilers for A Classic Horror Story. A Classic Horror Story opens with a classic horror setup. A group of mismatched strangers are brought together, dumped into unfamiliar surroundings, and forced to survive against…

Fifty years after its release, The Devils remains provocative enough to have rarely been screened in its entirety. Warner Brothers has allowed the full cut to be shown at festivals, most recently on 29 July 2011 at the BFI’s National Film…

The 8th Night is a supernatural action flick. If this confluence of genres appeals to you, there is a lot to like in this Netflix movie from South Korean writer-director Kim Tae-Hyung. He does not bring anything new to the table, but his…