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| 15 Oct 2019 |
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| Talking About Trees and The Lost Okoroshi |
| Jerry Whyte singles out two African films from the London Film Festival that testify to the resilience of cinema, and the importance of humour under duress: Suhaib Gasmelbari’s Talking About Trees and Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi. |
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| 17 Oct 2019 |
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| 13 Oct 2019 |
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| 90º in the Shade |
| In a rare co-production between the British and Czech film industries, a surprise stock check at a Prague grocery store triggers a chain of events that is set to impact heavily on the lives of two of them people involved. Slarek slaps on the sun cream for Indicator's fine Blu-ray of 90º in the Shade. |
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| 11 Oct 2019 |
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| 6 Oct 2019 |
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| Joker |
| With nothing on his CV to suggest a film of this kind was brewing, writer/director Todd Phillips delivers an extremely effective psychological breakdown of a man whose brutal past inevitably casts him in the role of a tortured clown. Camus wipes off Joker’s greasepaint… |
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| 10 Oct 2019 |
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| 10 Oct 2019 |
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| 7 Oct 2019 |
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| 5 Oct 2019 |
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| The Haunting of Hill House on Blu-ray & DVD in October |
| One of the televisual highlights of 2018, Mike Flanagan's imaginative, deeply unsettling and handsomely executed mini-series adaptation of Shirley Jackson's seminal ghost story lands on UK Blu-ray and DVD this month from Paramount. |
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| 2 Oct 2019 |
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| They Made Me a Fugitive |
| In his later career, dogged by chronic alcoholism, actor Trevor Howard was trading on his status, well earned, of being one of England's brightest stars. Here, he is in his prime in a superb post-war crime thriller. Camus finds out how They Made Me a Fugitive... |
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| 1 Oct 2019 |
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| The System |
| Oliver Reed stars as a beach photographer who runs a scheme with his friends that targets female holidaymakers for seduction in a smartly written and entertaining early film from director Michael Winner. Slarek hangs out on the seafront with the lads on Indicator's recently released Blu-ray |
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| 27 Sep 2019 |
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| 25 Sep 2019 |
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| Ad Astra |
| In Ad Astra, Brad Pitt takes on Martin Sheen’s role in a precise narrative echo of Apocalypse Now. Only this time, it’s not Brando waiting for him down river, it’s his father over two billion miles away... Camus revels in James Gray’s extraordinary science fiction adventure... |
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| 24 Sep 2019 |
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| 23 Sep 2019 |
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| High Noon |
| One of the all-time great westerns is also one of the most thematically and stylistically rewarding, a film that broke genre rules and revitalised the career of its star. Slarek revisits the superb High Noon on Eureka's magnificent Blu-ray and finds whole new layers of meaning to explore and appreciate. |
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| 8 Sep 2019 |
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| The Ear |
| Paranoia strikes deep in Karel Kachyna's The Ear, newly re-released by Second Run on Blu-ray and now keenly surveilled for review by clydero with his antennae raised. |
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| 25 Aug 2019 |
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| The Missionary |
| Ex-Python Michael Palin wrote and starred in a little overlooked gem in 1982. Stuffed with the best of British thespians, The Missionary tells the story of a well-meaning man of the cloth who’s into saving souls in a very unusual way. Camus adopts the position… |
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| 25 Aug 2019 |
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| An Accidental Studio |
| In 1978, Lord Delfont of the British film company giant EMI read a film script and sputtered in fury at what he thought was its blasphemous content. What could be done to resurrect one of the funniest films of all time? Enter a Beatle. Camus reviews An Accidental Studio… |
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| 21 Aug 2019 |
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| Bloody Terror: Bloody New Year |
| In his final review from Indicator's Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J. Warren 1976-1987 box set, Gort enjoys some elements of a film that ultimately falls some way short of its potential, and rounds off his coverage of what is definitely one of the multi-disc Blu-ray releases of the year. |
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| 20 Aug 2019 |
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| Bloody Terror: Inseminoid |
| In his fourth review of films in Indicator's Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J. Warren 1976-1987 box set, Gort revisits a film he was never a fan of and still finds things to gripe about, but also some unexpected positives, notably in the subtext and Judy Geeson's performance. |
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| 18 Aug 2019 |
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| Blinded by the Light |
| If left-leaning, working class hero Bruce Springsteen really was ‘The Boss’ then the US might stand a chance of redeeming itself. Blinded by the Light is the story of how one man’s universal art can soar over cultural hurdles. Camus takes that long walk… |
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| 16 Aug 2019 |
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| Bloody Terror: Terror |
| In the third of his reviews from Indicator's Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J. Warren 1976-1987 box set, Gort is plunged headlong into a lively, sometimes logic-free but well cast, enjoyable and visually attractive explosion of horror borrowings with an authentically giallo feel. |
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| 14 Aug 2019 |
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| Bloody Terror: Prey |
| In his second review from Indicator's Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J. Warren 1976-1987 box set, Gort gets to grips with a film that doesn't unfold as expected and proves to be a multi-layered and disarmingly involving relationship drama in sf-horror clothing. |
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| 12 Aug 2019 |
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| Bloody Terror: Satan's Slave |
| In the first of his reviews from Indicator's Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J. Warren 1976-1987 box set, Gort is surprised by just how good Warren's first venture into the horror genre is, and there's much to explore and enjoy on this first disc in the collection. |
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| 12 Aug 2019 |
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| The Incident |
| Disparate passengers are terrorised by two dangerous hoodlums in the car of a New York City subway train at night in Larry Peerce's taut and terrifying 1967 blend biting social drama and nail-biting thriller. Slarek jumps on board with Eureka's Blu-ray and wonders fearfully what he would do if this was for real. |
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