‘Port of Shadows’ (1938) Bluray Review: Stunning Restoration of Noir Classic
Studio Canal have lovingly restored a key film in the history of French Cinema and Film Noir. Marcel Carné’s Port of Shadows (Le Quai des...
Category: Retro Reviews
“Film has Such Powerful Political Possibilities”: Invisible Women Curator Rachel Pronger Interview
I spoke with writer and curator Rachel Pronger from feminist archive film collective Invisible Women about their upcoming season of coming-of-age films directed by women...
Widescreen Weekend 2024 Line-up Revealed!
The spectacle of the big screen has long been the unique selling point of film exhibitors hoping to draw audiences away from home media (from...
AI: Artificial Intelligence Turns 20 and is Speilberg’s Darkest Film
Spielberg has never been afraid of the dark. Indeed his films often, unusually, use light as source of terror. Think of the alien presence that...
Let Maggie be a Runaway Bride (1999), You Cowards – Retro Review
I am a huge Julia Roberts fan, as of this year to be exact. All of her characters in the 90s and early 2000s are...
Misogyny Lives on in Black Christmas (1974) – Retro Review
Black Christmas (1974) is a frightening masterpiece of a slasher, if you could really call it one. Though it holds the conventions of a slasher,...
The Beauty in the Mundane in Fargo (1996) – Retro Review
Right off the bat, I would like to apologize to myself for waiting this long to watch Fargo (1996). A Coen Brothers Classic for a...
‘Blade Runner’ (1982) Has an Inexplicable Gender Blindspot
I watched Blade Runner with the same friend who helped me tackle Rosemary’s Baby and, for the first hour or so, we thought we were...
Hiding Out (1987) is a Hidden Gem – Retro Review
1987’s Hiding Out is an aptly named film from where I sit because the movie had successfully been hiding out from me for 30+ years...
The Boys in “The Devil’s Backbone” (2001) Band – Retro Review
What is a ghost? This is what Guillermo del Toro asks us in The Devil’s Backbone (2001). While the questions that follow are still up...