Posted in British Film, Directors on Nov 27th, 2007 4 Comments »
A month or so back, appalled by the profoundly conservative ‘Summer of British Film’, I wrote a piece championing the films that had slipped through the cracks: British masterpieces that were just as good as (and in some cases better than) the establishment history. You’ll find it here.
It climaxed with a rousing exhortation to readers […]
Posted in Directors, Horror on Nov 20th, 2007 3 Comments »
One of the great ironies of DVD is how marginal figures from film history often get the deluxe bells-and-whistles treatment while more illustrious titles get dumped in shoddy barebones editions. It’s a thought that occurred to me as I perused the new Mario Bava set (coming soon to region two). (Volume 1 is already available.)
I […]
Posted in Introduction on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Hello. My name’s James. I’m going to try and fill the space hitherto filled by Julian Upton. Them’s big shoes to fill so I hope you’ll indulge me, at least until we get better acquainted.
The first proper post will be along in a moment but I thought I ought to offer an account of myself. […]