Bride of Frankenstein
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is a playfully scabrous, joyously blasphemous masterpiece of Hollywood Gothic, writes Danny Davies.
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is a playfully scabrous, joyously blasphemous masterpiece of Hollywood Gothic, writes Danny Davies.
ROCK & ROLL’S GREATEST FAILURE combines footage of Otway’s manic live performances with eccentric to-camera narration by the star himself.
I don’t scare easily and I am probably the least superstitious person I know. I do not believe in ghosts, ghoulies or things that go bump in the night (barring peckish urban foxes). I take a dim view of the chance that paranormal beings exist in our reality and of those who seek to convince … Continue reading The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill
FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY tracks the lives of three married couples over a single day in Tehran. Mark Liversidge reviews Asghar Farhadi’s unpredictable, slow-burning drama.
“Machete don’t tweet.” Twitter’s loss is our gain as this sequel, showing in the FrightFest strand, is a nonsensical yet amusing action spoof, writes Gavin Midgley.
“A discovery that will shake the foundations of literature”: Petter Amundsen’s promise in Jorgen Friberg’s dotty documentary.
PIECES OF ME, French director Nolwenn Lemesle’s first foray into feature-length filmmaking, is an astute account of teenage angst, writes Joe De-Vine.
MUSCLE SHOALS riffs on Rick Hall’s often pained backstory and his success as the world’s most in-demand knob-twiddler, writes Huw Oliver.
Michael Roemer’s innovative drama, shown at the Cambridge Film Festival, is an unfairly neglected gem of 60s cinema, writes Gavin Midgley
“You can’t plough a field by turning it over in your mind”. DUMMY JIM is inspired by Scottish author and long-distance cyclist, James Duthie.