Tag: 1990’s
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By Ros Tibbs A powerhouse in B-movies, cult cinema and direct-to-video sci-fi, action flicks, filmmaker Albert Pyun has has 40 eccentric and dazzling features listed in his credits, beginning with his director debut The Sword and the Sorcerer in 1982, and ending with 2017’s Interstellar Civil War, released five years before his passing. Pyun’s cinematic…
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by Nathan Brown It’s around 2045 on a busy Fringe Friday in Edinburgh that I find myself trying to find the Leith Theatre, hurtling down Leith Walk, somewhere I’ve been several times before without realising quite how long it is. The stakes might not be quite as high as during the opening chase sequence of Trainspotting, the…
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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 Christopher Stewardson Warning: this piece contains spoilers for Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return Posters for 1995’s Godzilla vs. Destoroyah proclaimed that “Godzilla dies”, a promise kept when the monster melts down at the film’s climax, accompanied by Akira Ifukube’s stirring melodies. Toho had put Godzilla temporarily to rest, closing their “Vs” run…
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by Adam Page Any honest conversation about body horror has to start in one uncomfortable place: with the recognition that the flesh was never really ours in the first place. It never was. It’s a collaboration between everything that wanted something from you before you had a name for wanting. Your nervous system is a…
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by Adam Page At the end of David Cronenberg’s Crash, James Ballard climbs down into the ditch where his wife Catherine lies bleeding in the wreckage of a car she has just driven off a motorway overpass on purpose. He cradles her, asks if she’s alright. She is. He says: “Maybe the next one, darling.”…
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by Isabelle Cocozza At Bristol Megascreen, the iconic Forbidden Worlds Film Festival returned on Thurs-Sun 23-26 May, 2026. With a packed, shiny new lineup of screenings and panels, the theme is Fantasy Myths and Legends after last October’s Ozploitation themed The Big Scream, consisting of 2 nights of triple bills (which you can read our…
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by Laura Barnes Cultplex is the perfect place to screen a movie like Exotica. This independent cinema exists on the outskirts of Manchester City Centre, so well-hidden that it is unlikely anyone could stumble upon it by accident. “Cinema?” the Uber driver asks, as the Satnav announces that we’ve arrived at our destination. “Where?” Cultplex…
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This year, one of cinema’s greatest cult classics turned 30. Brighton based pop-up White Wall Cinema projects the new 4K release, prompting fascinating reflections on the film’s legacy, and enduring appeal.
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Transbians rejoice! Alice Maio Mackay returns with a witchy, lesbian romance, a treat for queer folk and horror fans alike!
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