Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

A 90’s Video Double Bill: Sabotage and Night Vision

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at two well cast 90’s video thrillers, Sabotage and Night Vision…Many a 90’s straight to video special has been left cast asunder by time. Some left forever to remain as rare VHS copies, occasionally appearing on Ebay, or low resolution uploads on Youtube. Certain cult favourites do find their way to […]

The Eclectic Range of Christopher Walken’s Career

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the diverse mix within Christopher Walken’s career. An acclaimed actor in iconic classics, who has regularly crossed into B movies…In the 70’s, a number of icons were experiencing a boom. It was an era of almost unmatched creative revolution for American cinema. There was a distinct move to a cinema of […]

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover: Anti-Cinema and Anti-Thatcher Allegory

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at Peter Greenaway’s most iconic film, an unrestrained arthouse masterpiece…If anyone has ever watched the film work of Peter Greenaway, then they’ll know that his films are difficult to ingest. Greenaway is an artist turned film director. He’s never been particularly cinematically minded. His canvas through the lens of his camera […]

The Best Marvel Movie You Haven’t Seen: The Punisher

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at the first film version of The Punisher… We’re in full Marvel swing now. Not merely the official studio releases that have come with blistering regularity since Iron Man, but we’ve also had an array of X-Men and Spider-Man films from other studios. The success of Marvel comic creations has […]

Interview: A conversation with Man Up screenwriter Tess Morris

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Martin Carr chats with Man Up screenwriter Tess Morris…Nestled away just off embankment in London sits Whitehall Place. Amongst the opulence and heritage sits ‘The Corinthia’. A hotel for which the phrase ‘five star’ was invented and also where I met Tess Morris. Diane Keaton fan, When Harry Met Sally expert and lover of Duran […]

John Constantine: Rise and Fall of a Superman

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Martin Carr on Constantine: The rise and fall of a Superman…I never was a comic book fan. Had no affinity for the medium. Watchmen was only purchased for research purposes before the cinematic release. And what’s more I only just made it through the tome. You see, at that tender age I was convinced comic […]

Ten Essential Films of the 2010s

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Tom Jolliffe offers 10 essential films from the past decade…As a miserablist of impending middle age, I’ve often joked with friends my age (and perhaps with a demi-truth belief) that music died in 1994. On the subject of cinema, I’ve increasingly found in opining (the increasingly difficult task of selecting personal favourites, or creating Top […]

Master of Horror: Five Essential Dario Argento Films

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Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Films of Dario Argento…Although he has fallen from grace somewhat recently, during the 70s and 80s Dario Argento was the master of suspense and mystery. During this time he managed to craft some of the finest pieces of Italian giallo and genre films. Still, to this day his films […]

Godfather of Gore: Five Essential Films of Lucio Fulci

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Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Films of Lucio Fulci… Highly regarded the world over by obsessive cult film fans as an often tyrannical filmmaker, as well as the godfather of Italian gore films, Lucio Fulci’s films still hit a nerve with viewers old and new. His nightmarish visuals and dreamlike narrative style still feels […]