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The Essential Hirokazu Kore-eda Films

November 22, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to take a look at a modern master of Japanese (and beyond) cinema with the essential Hirokazu Kore-eda films… Often seen as the heir apparent to Yasujiro Ozu, this director may not be immediately recognised by Western audiences, but chances are you may have seen one or two of his more well-travelled films. […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: After Life, Air Doll, Broker, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maborosi, Monster, Nobody Knows, Shoplifters, Still Walking, The Third Murder

10 Essential 21st Century Neo-Noirs for Noirvember

November 21, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We continue our Noirvember offerings with ten essential 21st century neo-noirs… It’s time once more to take a deep dive into the brutal and fatalistic world of noir as Noirvember rolls on. From film noir of the 30s and 40s, to great revisionist periods like the 1970s, there has always been a noir-infused selection of […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A Bittersweet Life, Blade Runner 2049, Collateral, Killer Joe, Layer Cake, Memento, Mulholland Drive, Nightcrawler, No Country for Old Men, The Secret in Their Eyes

10 Essential 1970s Neo-Noirs to Watch This Noirvember

November 17, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We continue our celebration of Noirvember with ten essential neo-noirs from the 1970s… From the dark nights to the damp rainy streets and glare of the neon lights, everything about November makes you feel like you’re living in a neo-noir movie. With Noirvember in full swing, it’s time to look at a golden era of […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Coffy, film noir, Klute, Le Circle Rouge, neo noir, night moves, Noir, Serpico, The American Friend, The Killing of A Chinese Bookie, The Long Goodbye, The Yakuza

10 Actors Who Almost Became James Bond

November 17, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to look back at some of the James Bond contenders from years gone by… As we eagerly (or maybe not that eagerly) await final confirmation as to who will play James Bond in the new Amazon era, under the auteur gaze of Denis Villeneuve, there have been lots of rumours and names in […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Cary Grant, Casino Royale, Christopher Lambert, Clint Eastwood, Clive Owen, Croupier, Daniel Craig, David Niven, Dr. No, george lazenby, GoldenEye, Henry Cavill, Ian Ogilvy, James Bond, James Mason, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Moonraker, Octopussy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Paul mcGann, Pierce Brosnan, ralph fiennes, Roger Moore, Sam Neill, Sean Connery, Terence Stamp, The Living Daylights, The Man From Uncle, Timothy Dalton, Tomorrow Never Dies

10 Essential 90s Noir Movies to Enjoy This Noirvember

November 10, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

November is a good time for noir cinema, and the 90s were full of great and underseen gems; Flickering Myth’s Tom Jolliffe presents a selection of ten you need to see… Dark tales with morally obtuse protagonists, criminal plots, dripping in shadowy aesthetics and neglected corners of the towns or cities they’re set. Film noir […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Cop Land, Croupier, Deep Cover, Hard Eight, One False Move, Payback, Red Rock West, The King Of New York, The Limey, U Turn

Halloween vs Christmas: Which Season Reigns Supreme in Cinema?

November 8, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Halloween season is over, and it’ll soon be Christmas and onto some festive favourites, but which is the better season for film fans? We’ve just seen out Halloween and for many, a month of bingeing on horror cinema, old, new, good and (enjoyably) bad. No sooner does the dust settle and the pumpkins are left […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Die Hard, Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, halloween, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Jingle All the Way, Love Actually, The Lord of the Rings

10 Essential Frankenstein-Inspired Movies You Need To See

November 8, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tighten those neck bolts, it’s time for ten essential Frankenstein-inspired movies… Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a literary classic and one of my all-time favourite books, from an era of fiction I love. The tale of the titular doctor creating a reanimated monster has inspired plenty of literature since but it has also provided ample inspiration […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Blade Runner, frankenhooker, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Poor Things, Re-Animator, RoboCop, The Fly, The Terminator, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Young Frankenstein

9 Characters (And Their Roles) We Need In Marvel Rivals

August 1, 2025 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with nine of the most wanted Marvel Rivals fighters… Marvel Rivals is shaping up to be one of the most exciting entries into the world of hero-based multiplayer gaming. With its fast-paced action, vibrant visuals, and deep bench of iconic characters, the game already looks like a love letter to Marvel’s vast universe. […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, EJ Moreno, Featured, Top Stories, Video Games Tagged With: Marvel, marvel rivals

Bookended Brilliance: Directors with Great First and Last Films

November 2, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Plenty of directors have started with a great film or ended with one. But which directors had a stunning debut and an immense final film? We take a look at four contenders… Every director starts somewhere, and most undoubtedly strive to stand out in their field. Many an iconic director has begun in earnest and […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 12 Angry Men, Andrei Tarkovsky, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Confidentially Yours, Francois Truffaut, Ivan's Childhood, Sidney Lumet, The 400 Blows, The Sacrifice

10 Obscure Horror Movies to Watch on Tubi

October 27, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to dig beneath the mainstream for these obscure horror movies on Tubi… Plumbing the depths of streaming for your horror season viewing can uncover unseen nuggets of gold, forgotten gems or films that deserve a second stab at the limelight. The likes of Tubi and Amazon are now stuffed with old straight-to-video nasties, […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: d-tox, Dark Breed, Edge of Sanity, Eye See You, freelance, Maniac Cop 3, Piper, Resurrection, the breed, The Dead Pit, the video dead

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