Dave Morris and Helen Steel are members of activist group London Greenpeace. They produce a leaflet extolling the reasons as to why they are opposed to the McDonald's chain of restaurants with reasons given such as animal cruelty, deforestation so that land can be created for their cattle to graze and the company's hatred of …
A new addition to Netflix, this documentary chronicles the life and activism of Peter Tatchell who has campaigned for gay rights and indeed, human rights since his late teens. Born in Australia, he campaigned for issues such as Aboriginal land rights whilst at college. He moved to Britain where days after his arrival he learnt …
I first discovered the documentary Who Took Johnny from Artforum magazine when John Waters named it as one of his Films of the Year for 2014. I found the trailer for it on YouTube and it REALLY freaked me out. Johnny Gosch was a 14 year old boy who went missing whilst delivering newspapers in …
I remember the Video Nasties furore like it was yesterday. With my father being an avid Daily Mail reader and staunch Thatcherite I felt like I had a front row seat with the then Tory government seeking to ban the very films I loved when they were released on video in the early 80's. I …
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Another one of my favourite VHS rentals as a kid was Terror in the Aisles. Essentially a compilation of clips from horror movies, this is That's Entertainment for weirdos. And it works beautifully. A major reason why this works is the sheer breadth of the films that are used from the old to the new, …
Continue reading Day 27- 31 Days of Halloween- Terror in the Aisles (1984)
When I learnt that there was a documentary all about Heather Langenkamp (Nancy from the first Nightmare on Elm Street film) and the whole fan phenomenon that surrounded the film and specifically her character I thought it sounded a very interesting concept. But, alas, the reality is very different. Theres a reason I don't go …
Continue reading Day 19- 31 Days of Halloween- I Am Nancy (2010)
This is such a great documentary about Ozploitation films (exploitation films made in Australia). All the great films and sub-genres are here- the bawdy Ocker comedies, the slasher movies, the films for petrolheads. The main players are all interviewed and show that making these insane films was just as insane in real life. I’m so …
This is basically Never Sleep Again but for the Friday the 13th films. And that's perfect. Each film gets talked about by cast and crew regarding how it was made, the ongoing battle with the MPAA that blighted the series later on and how well the films fared when released. It's always a joy to hear …
A documentary about Danny Fields, the record industry A&R man/artist liaison/cultural barometer who was the friend of so many great bands and artists and more importantly, had a hand in making sure they could get record deals and record their music so that their genius could be shared with the world. This documentary gets it …
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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