We take a look back at the underappreciated visionary Andrzej Zulawski and his essential movies… When you think of cinema’s visionaries, plenty of names spring immediately to mind, including Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, David Lean and Zack Snyder (obviously). Great auteurs of the silver screen with an innate ability […]
The Possession Remake Makes Me Want To Scream In The Subway
It’s finally happened, the acquired taste cult-classic Possession is being given the Hollywood remake treatment. Is nothing sacred? Hollywood’s baffling lack of creative ideas is nothing new, nor is the preoccupation with remaking cult movies from decades ago. We have a reboot of The Crow on the way that could have chosen a number of […]
Possession receiving 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition release from Umbrella Entertainment
Umbrella Entertainment has announced a new 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition release of Andrzej Zulawski’s 1981 psychological horror Possession which is set to go on sale this October; check out the cover artwork and details below… Notorious for the demands it placed on its stars, Isabelle Adjani”s searing performance earned her the Best Actress award […]
Le Tigre: The Dolph Lundgren/Andrzej Zulawski Film That Never Was
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Le Tigre. A film that never was with the strange combination of Dolph Lundgren and director Andrzej Zulawski… Cinema is absolutely loaded with films that came tantalisingly close to seeing the light of day before falling at the final hurdle. Even this year will bring us a new Bond film, […]
Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession gets a 4K restoration trailer and poster
Andrzej Zulawski’s acclaimed psychological horror Possession is receiving a brand new 4K makeover courtesy of Metrograph Pictures, and ahead of its premiere at Fantastic Fest next month we have a new poster and trailer for the restoration’s release; check them out here… Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of […]
Movie Review – Possession (1981)
Possession, 1981. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski Starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill. SYNOPSIS: A man returns after working away for an extended period of time to find his wife wants a divorce. She won’t say why, and he is determined to find out the truth. So he has her followed. But as he learns more, […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 4 – Possession (1981)
Possession, 1981. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennet, and Johanna Hofer. SYNOPSIS: Mark, an international spy, returns home from his latest mission to be confronted with a demand for a divorce from his wife Anna after she admits to having an affair. This marital spat, however, is merely […]
Movie Review – Cosmos (2015)
Cosmos, 2015. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Starring: Sabine Azéma, Jean-Francois Balmer, Jonathan Genet and Johan Libéreau. SYNOPSIS: Cosmos follows two young men who arrive at a family-run guesthouse in rural France. Their anticipation of a few days peace and quiet is undermined by a variety of sinister occurrences. Do all these signs comprise a portent […]
