UKGFF 2015: Above All Else Review

28/04/2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Over the next few weeks, FILM IN WORDS will be taking a special look at the 2015 UK Green film festival, showcasing and reviewing this year’s stellar lineup of thematically potent, visually arresting and environmentally focused films. We hope you can come along for the ride…

Midnight Run Review: On the Road Again

16/04/2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter EXPRESS DELIVERY Martin Brest’s Midnight Run is the kind of movie you discover while idly flicking through your television’s countless channels in the middle of the night. It’s the kind of movie that even if you stumble across its cross-country antics at the halfway point, you still stick around for […]

Blood and Black Lace Review: Strike a Bloody Pose

12/04/2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter DEADLY DIARY Mario Bava’s 1965 classic, Blood and Black Lace, is one of the earliest and most influential examples of the murderous sub-genre of Italian thrillers and horror fiction adaptations that would become known as “giallo”. Today, Bava’s reputation as a godfather of the violent and overtly erotic pictures rests […]

Netflix Film of the Week: Save the Date

08/04/2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

The FILM IN WORDS Netflix Film of the Week: helping you navigate the filmic minefield of the nation’s favourite video streaming service.

Massacre Gun Blu-ray Review: Gang of Three

05/04/2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter DEATH OR GLORY Rooted in the inherently violent and aggressively traditional world of warring Yakuza factions, Yasuharu Hasebe’s Massacre Gun is a Japanese gangster flick that not only startled audiences upon its original release in 1967, but thanks to this latest Arrow Video Blu-ray restoration, still has the ability to […]

Sweet Smell of Success Review: Press Relations

27/03/2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter “YOU’RE DEAD SON, GET YOURSELF BURIED” Synonymous with a series a successful and celebrated Ealing Studios releases, including Whiskey Galore, The Man in the White Suit and The Ladykillers, Alexander Mackendrick’s first directorial effort upon crossing the Atlantic was a Machiavellian exposé of New York City’s seedy print media underbelly. […]