We take a look at a great year for cinema with ten essential movies from 1976…A stellar year in cinema can sometimes be judged by the strength of the Best Picture nominees. Then you could look again in a decade or two and see which films have accrued a loyal cult following and been more […]
The Rise of John Carpenter: Maestro of Horror
Simon Thompson looks at the rise of John Carpenter and his peak years throughout the 1970s and 80s…Director, musician, and Master Roshi look-alike John Howard Carpenter is a living legend. Carpenter’s work has guided scores of creatives from filmmakers, to musicians, to writers, to illustrators and game designers – a legacy of which very few […]
It Happened One Night: The Essential Single Night Movies
There’s misadventures from dusk ’til dawn as Tom Jolliffe presents ten essential one night movies…The humble night odyssey. A protagonist finds them self on a dusk ’til dawn journey or quest. There have been plenty of films over the years which have taken place in a very contained period of time. We’ve seen a day, […]
Blu-ray Review – Assault on Precinct 13: 40th Anniversary Edition
Assault on Precinct 13, 1976. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Charles Cyphers, Tony Burton, Nancy Loomis, Martin West. SYNOPSIS: A cop and a ragtag collection of criminals defend a closing police station against an invading gang. Often lauded as ‘the ultimate siege move’, John Carpenter’s second full-length feature Assault […]
