Toxic Theatre: Sacha Guitry’s La Poison (1951) – Blu-rau review
Not cinematic enough for the official history of French cinema, maybe, but the locals knew all along that Guitry’s barbed theatrics still..
Retro
Hot Or Not? Federico Fellini’s City Of Women (1980) – Masters of Cinema Blu-ray review
Women, eh? Fellini is so awestruck / annoyed that he’s made a mad monument to the ladies. But give it a push and it’ll topple over...
Menacing Meaning: Kaneto Shindo’s Onibaba (1964) – Blu-ray review
What is Onibaba? Forget literal translation – it’s the perfect word to convey the mystery and menace of Shinto’s unclassifiable drama..
Lost In Lust: Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel (1930) – Masters of Cinema review
The baleful Teutonic exactitude of this cautionary tale is all the more shocking for how much fun Marlene Dietrich makes it until that..
Duality of a Young Man: Stanley Kubrick’s Fear And Desire (1953) – Masters of Cinema Blu-ray review
Before they were famous: ‘genius auteur’ edition. This glimpse into Kubrick’s halcyon days strips away the mystique to show..
