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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Year: 1969 Alternate Titles: Goto, l’île d’amour Director: Walerian Borowczyk Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Ligia Branice, Jean-Pierre Andréani Themes: Drama, Surreal, Black Comedy, Obsessional love, Tragedy For anyone acquainted with Borowczyk’s, shall we say, more ‘erotic’ features, it would be easy… Read More ›
There is no denying 2014 has been a memorable year in home video releases for cult film fans. One company leading the way in providing high-quality, restorations of cult titles are Britain’s Arrow. The company has gone from strength to… Read More ›
The language of film is a pervasive one. Since the inception of cinema, people have learned the codes and subliminal language of film. As time marches on new codes are invented, messages change, yet underneath it all the same traditions… Read More ›
The Story. Funeral Parade of Roses is at first glance the simple tale of minor squabbling at a flourishing gay bar in Tokyo. Head hostess, Leda and the enigmatic- and vastly more attractive- Eddie bicker it out for the attentions… Read More ›
“I, the Wrath of God, will marry my own daughter and with her I will found the purest dynasty the world has ever seen. Together, we shall rule this entire continent. We shall endure. I am the Wrath of God!… Read More ›
