Tag: Cinema
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by Ros Tibbs Pushing transgressive, Queer, anti-establishment and punk art into the filmic spotlight, legendary cult director John Waters proved his status as a culturally significant filmmaker when he kicked off the 1970s decade with 1970’s Multiple Maniacs, an independent black-comedy starring the director’s muses Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Edith Massey,…
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by Nathan Brown Bloodsuckers, flesheaters and nymphomaniacs: horror cinema has long traded on a primal fear of uncontained female appetites. Afterall, in a world where women’s desire for food, sex and capital has been fiercely policed by patriarchal social norms, what could be scarier than a hungry woman? – Dundead Film Festival I first attended…
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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.…
