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. […]

Netflix Film of the Week: The Edge of Love

26/03/2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Netflix Film of the Week: Locke

18/02/2015.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.

Rabid Review: Bodily Material

12/02/2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter CATCH ME IF YOU CAN “The body is the first fact of human existence for me… my imagery tends to be body orientated, my narratives tend to be body orientated.” David Cronenberg Cult Canadian auteur, David Cronenberg, forged an illustrious career upon a grotesque yet deeply layered bed of […]

The Overnighters Review: Not Home Anymore

04/02/2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Fear is a potent and unrelenting emotion. In some cases fear is a useful tool; a means of recognising and avoiding the dangers which lie in wait. In other cases fear falsifies a belief, creating an irrational suspicion of that which doesn’t wish to, or ultimately cannot, […]