Tag: Physical Media

• Suffering and Sexual Politics – A Conversation with Zoë Rose Smith exploring New French Extremity filmmaking and Umbrella Entertainment’s New Extremity Boxset Vol.1

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  by Isabelle Cocozza In July of 2025, I sat down with critic, creator and self proclaimed ‘Queen of Extreme Horror’, Zoë Rose Smith (@zobowithashotgun) to discuss all things New French Extremity, especially the aspect of women’s focus in the movement. Zoë has produced work on The Suffering Woman in NFE (New French Extremity) for the…

  

• AN AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE IN LONDON: The Nickel Cinema’s Dominic Hicks on bringing cult celluloid to the centre

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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.…