by Martin | Nov 18, 2017 | movies, reviews
In the toilets next to NFT2 a man was calling out for someone called Antonio – he had been asked to do so by a woman outside. Antonio didn’t pipe up, although one of the cubicles was in use I noticed. Conceivably Antonio was inside – asleep, dying, or...
by Martin | Nov 12, 2017 | movies, reviews
The release of Darren Aronofky’s latest film was preceded by a director interview by Trevor Johnston in Sight & Sound urging viewers not to read it until they’d seen the film, since (even more than is usually the case) the more you knew about this film...
by Martin | Nov 5, 2017 | movies, reviews
DHOGS I’m a genre lightweight really, a dilettante. Of all the films I saw at Frightfest this year, only one – The Glass Coffin – could really be called a horror film, and that was probably the least of them. Why, I wasn’t even wearing a black...
by Martin | Oct 1, 2017 | movies, reviews
FASHIONISTA As regular readers would know (if they existed), Frightfest usually marks the one time in the calendar year where I don’t go to the cinema alone: Dave comes along. Or at least he does for part of the time before he has to duck out due to work...
by Martin | Sep 23, 2017 | movies, reviews
Some kind of religious revival seems to be going on outside Frightfest’s new (old) home, the Cineworld (formerly Empire) Leicester Square. A sign saying ‘Repent or Perish’ has been held aloft. I wonder if this is particularly aimed at the Frightfest...
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