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ANALYSIS: Keeping Secrets in King’s STORM OF THE CENTURY (1999)
Kim Morrison celebrates of one of King’s most under-seen 90s miniseries… Due to the sheer number of pages in a lot of his books, many of Stephen King’s works have been given the mini-series treatment rather than risk losing important details just to conform to a standard film’s runtime. However, in 1999, King decided to […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Hearts and Minds – Constance Petersen in SPELLBOUND (1945) – PART II
Rebecca McCallum concludes her analysis of Ingrid Bergman’s performance in Spellbound… I’ve Been Watching You It is not merely her colleagues who objectify and demean Constance, as throughout Spellbound she is underestimated and threatened by men occupying supposed positions of authority. There are several occurrences where she is questioned by or finds herself in the same room […]
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Hearts and Minds – Constance Petersen in SPELLBOUND (1945) – PART I
Rebecca McCallum continues her Hitchcock’s Women series, here looking at a character who risks everything for love… A figure sits behind a desk authoritatively. She wears glasses, a long white coat and is smoking whilst engrossed in work. In our first encounter with Spellbounds’ protagonist, Hitchcock codes Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) as masculine, mysterious and with multiple […]
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TOP 10: Most Traumatic Stephen King Moments
The killer clown that feeds on fear. Cursed ancient Indian burial grounds. A vengeful telekinetic teen. The ’58 Plymouth Fury that thirsts for blood. Just a few examples of the demons that gleefully traverse our nightmares, etched into our shared cultural fabric. So join Moving Pictures Film Club as we count down the top ten most […]
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REVIEW: Ghosts of the Ozarks (2021)
dir. Matt Glass & Jordan Wayne Long America’s history has often proved fertile ground for horror, with the wrenching, destabilising energy it took to claim the country proving rich soil for creatives. As such there is real potential with this feature debut from co-directors Matt Glass and Jordan Wayne Long, based on their 2016 short: […]
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REVIEW: A Pure Place (2021)
dir. Nikias Chryssos On a remote, post-apocalyptic Greek island a cult run by enigmatic leader Fust (Sam Louwyck). This is a society where cleanliness is close to godliness and children are abducted, forced into slavery to produce soap emblazoned with the creepy boss’ name. In Fust’s world dirt – or the lack of – is […]
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REVIEW: The Family (2021)
dir. Dan Slater In a nondescript time and place, a family unit – headed by a pair of brutal parental figures – closely resembles a cult, complete with a religious belief system. As the children of this ‘family’ seek to please their ‘parents’ it begins to tear apart the very fabric of their clan. From […]
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REVIEW: Ego (2021)
dir. Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas What would you do if, whilst scrolling through a dating app, you found yourself? Would you report it, or try and deal with it alone? This is what Paloma (María Pedraza) does when met with her identical self, and whilst it seems like a fun coincidence at first things soon turn sinister […]
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REVIEW: Woodland Grey (2021)
dir. Adam Rider When lone forest dweller William (Ryan Blakely) discovers injured hiker Emily (Jenny Raven) the pair are forced to coexist. Tensions rise however when Emily discovers a terrible secret William has locked up in the shed next to his campervan, and she unknowingly unleashes a horror into the woods that neither of them […]
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REVIEW: Cross the Line (2020)
dir. David Victori Boasting the aesthetic of Gaspar Noé without actually being a Noé film director David Victori’s sophomore outing focuses on Dani (Mario Casas), a young man whose father has just died and who’s challenged by his sister Laura (Elisabeth Larena) to step out of his comfort zone and travel the world. The result […]
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