Flux Gourmet, 2022.Written and Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Richard Bremmer, and Leo Bill.SYNOPSIS:Set at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective find themselves embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas, and gastrointestinal disorders.There’s no shortage of art scene takedowns (at the time […]
IFC Midnight serves up Flux Gourmet trailer
IFC Midnight has released a trailer for writer-director Peter Strickland’s (In Fabric, Berberian Sound Studio) upcoming black horror-comedy Flux Gourmet which centres on a group of people who become embroiled in power struggles, vendettas and gastrointestinal disorders after taking up residency at an institute for culinary and alimentary performance.Watch the trailer here…A sonic collective who […]
Movie Review – In Fabric (2018)
In Fabric, 2018.Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires, Leo Bill, Gwendoline Christie and Julian BarrattSYNOPSIS:Somewhere in the North of England, during the height of the Winter shopping sales, lonely divorcee Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is sold a dress by a mysterious shop clerk (Fatma Mohamed), in preparation for her dating agency dinner with Adonis. Little […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – In Fabric
In Fabric, 2018.Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires, Fatma Mohamed, Gwendoline Christie, Steve Oram, Julian Barratt, Leo Bill, and Simon Mayonda.SYNOPSIS:Somewhere in the North of England, during the height of the Winter shopping sales, lonely divorcee Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is sold a dress by a mysterious shop clerk (Fatma Mohamed), in preparation for her dating agency dinner […]
DVD Review – The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
Duke of Burgundy, 2014. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Sidse Babett Knudsen, Monica Swinn, Chiara D’Anna, Fatma Mohamed and Zita Kraszkó. SYNOPSIS: A relationship based around mistress and submissive begins to deteriorate as repetition begins to set in. Peter Strickland is a filmmaker with the uncanny knack of being able to make films that draw […]
Movie Review – The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
The Duke of Burgundy, 2014.Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Fatma Mohamed, Eugenia Caruso and Monica Swinn.SYNOPSIS: Two lovers engage in a ritualistic passage of behaviour that brings one close to obsession and one looking for a way out… Peter Strickland is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most exceptional filmmakers […]