Director: Walerian Borowczyk Year: 1981 Cast: Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Howard Vernon Themes: Classic Gothic, Avant Garde, Art Horror, Erotica, Rape and Pillage, Dark Fantasy With well over one hundred (and counting) adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic… Read More ›
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UK Blu-ray review: Fellini Satyricon (1969)
Year: 1969 Director: Federico Fellini Cast: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone Themes: Ancient Rome, Psychedelic, Satire, Pagan Debauchery “Sample the garden of delights, rotten but quite delicious”, Fellini- Satyricon. Fellini Satyricon is a film like no other. The… Read More ›
Review : A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Year: 2014 Director: Ana Lily Amipour Cast: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò Themes: Vampire, Pop culture cool, Belonging, Love Story All it took were three words to reel me in “Iranian Vampire Western”- ok, and a deliciously… Read More ›
Stiggy’s Film of the Day Behind Convent Walls aka Interno di un convento (1978)
Year: 1978 Director: Walerian Borowczyk Cast: Ligia Branice, Marina Pierro, Howard Ross, Gabriella Giacobbe, Olivia Pascal Themes: Nunsploitation, Sexual Repression, Blossoming Sexuality, Tragedy, Love, Lust Story The story- based on period French writing, Stendhal’s Roman Walks– focuses on a group… Read More ›
The Beast aka La Bête (1975) (UK Blu-ray Review)
Year: 1975 Director: Walerian Borowczyk Cast: Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Marcel Dalio, Guy Tréjan Themes: Erotic Arthouse, Adult Fairytale, Beastial Rape, Period Erotic Comedy They say all good things come to those who wait and we think you lot have… Read More ›
Immoral Tales (1974) (UK DVD/Blu-ray Combo Review)
Continuing on with our foray into the world of Polish artisan director Walerian Borowczyk we get to his real coming of age picture- Immoral Tales aka Contes immoraux (1974). The sizzling and sultry undercurrent of repressed desire in Goto, Isle… Read More ›
Blanche (1971) (UK Blu-ray/DVD review).
Year: 1971 Director: Walerian Borowczyk Cast: Ligia Branice, Jacques Perrin, Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Lawrence Trimble Themes: Medieval Drama, Tragedy, Love Triangle Moving on through our journey into Arrow’s series of Walerian Borowczyk releases, we get to the director’s first… Read More ›