From the director of the quite extraordinarily brilliant How To Survive A Plague comes this film. Marsha P Johnson was a black transvestite/drag queen (there was no 'transgender' then) who hung around Christopher Street in the 60s until her mysterious death when she was pulled out of the Hudson River in the early 90s. As we …
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Why is it that when I see that Film 4 funded a film that its going to look like its been made for TV and lacking in scope or depth? This film could have been a massive example of social justice warrior filmmaking (damn those white men in power!) But instead there are so many …
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A film that only an Aspergers suffering comic book obsessive could love. For anyone else- theres nothing here for you. 1/2 out of 5
A Western with a twist or ten. Beautifully shot, amazingly acted and perceptive insights into humanity, its darkness and beauty, masculinity, life and death. And thats just for starters. The realities of this tough life are also explored with mental illness, PTSD and the burden of murder, even if its a job requirement, all being …
WARNING- The ending of this film is so sugar coated that you will become diabetic. This film is basically saying ‘Life sucks whether you have a facial deformity or not’. Julia Roberts is great (as per). Owen Wilson is in a film that isn’t an utter embarrassment for once (way to go). But the film feels …
10. Multiple Maniacs (John Waters)- re-release I thought it was only fair to include this at the end of the list as its a re-release. But, if it was included in the list it would have been Number 1 and by some margin. Lady Divine has a travelling Cavalcade of Perversion- a kind of circus …
A movie that goes one way but changes direction massively. In fact before the plot twist that occurs I thought this was a film about the most unlikable and privileged kids I'd ever seen on screen. In fact they're so privileged that when they got to college they would be the biggest social justice warriors, I …
My local cinema, The Hyde Park Picturehouse here in Leeds regularly shows cult films. I was looking forward to seeing The Room as it had regularly played at a lot of the cult film cinemas like The Prince Charles Cinema and so I thought it must be some kind of newly discovered classic. The screening …
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I had the honour and privilege to be able to see Predator (1987) in 4K and on the big screen the other day. It felt like visiting an old friend. Predator belongs in Arnie's Imperial Phase, which, for my money, runs from the Conan films up until Red Heat. At this time, he was making …
I woke up to the news a couple of days ago that Charles Manson had died. My gut feeling was one of loss. Yes thats not the acceptable thing to say when a serial killer dies. And not just any serial killer but the capo of serial killers. A serial killer so conniving that he …
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