Tag: 1970’s
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By Adam Page Are we sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. I want to tell a story about a woman. A woman who eats dog shit on camera and means it as a thesis statement. Not as a joke, or a gross-out gag for the midnight crowd, although it certainly is that, too. As a thesis,…
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by Aninda Provati The LGBTQ+ community has long been fascinated with the horror genre even when it was hard to see the perfect representation in mainstream films back then. Directors started adding queer subtexts to their films, but they were used mostly to create the villains, the terrifying monsters out for blood. Queer fans soon…
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by Isabelle Cocozza Cinema Rediscovered is a festival consisting of only repertory cinema, including premieres of recently restored and recut films or rare films rediscovered through its programming strands. I was lucky enough to attend and review the films I caught over the 5 day festival, including fun features from Josie and the Pussycats (2001)…
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by Amal Brepotra If you’re anything of a cult film enthusiast, then Salome is a name you’ve probably heard of. If it isn’t, then it most certainly will be soon enough. From Alla Nazimova’s and Charles Bryant’s 1922 silent reimaging to Oscar Wilde’s once-forbidden play, the biblical figure of Salome has fledged across cinema reimagings…
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by Livvy Hubbard The progression of modern music has previously been attributed to developments in technology allowing for new genres and styles to emerge from the newly discovered methods and sounds these pieces of technology allow. It could be argued that the invention and accessibility of magnetic tape stemming from the second world war, led…
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by Daniel E. Smith Released in 1975 through BBC2’s Playhouse teleplay anthology, Diane remains a relatively underseen work in Alan Clarke’s filmography. This may in some part be due to the undeniable bleakness of the teleplay’s subject matter, focusing on incest and rape and how one (namely, the titular Diane) learns to deal with them…
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by Billy Butler (Sister Jeanne – played by Vanessa Redgrave – at the feet of Oliver Reed’s Urbain Grandier in a religious vision reminiscent of Mary Magdalene at Jesus’ feet. The Devils, 1971, Dir. Ken Russell) Film is a powerful medium. It has the ability to affect our lives – the power to inspire us,…
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On a sunny day in late June, I went to visit The Nickel, a 37-seater micro cinema, media shop and basement bar in the heart of Farringdon. Run by filmmaker and cult film fanatic Dominic Hicks, The Nickel screens grimy underground oddities and essential cult classics alike on 16mm film, VHS and digital every week.…
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