Ahead of its US release this October, a trailer has arrived online for director Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s (Earwig) fantasy drama The Ice Tower. The film follows a teenage orphan as she seeks refuge in a film studio after running away from a children’s home, where she becomes fixated on the alluring star of an adaptation of […]
Not for the Faint of Heart: The Most Shocking Movies of All Time
EJ Moreno on the most shocking movies of all time… What is the most shocking film of all time? That feels like a loaded question, with so much going into what makes something “shocking” and what is everyone’s limit for insanity. You won’t see anything like 50 Shades, Hostel, or even The Human Centipede on this […]
Video Review – Irreversible: Straight Cut perfects Gaspar Noé’s shock art masterpiece
EJ Moreno reviews the Irreversible: Straight Cut… Irreversible, 2003. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, and Albert Dupontel. “One of the most infamous films in history is finally restored and coming to the U.S. with a brand new director’s re-cut of the film that puts the notorious revenge tale in chronological order.” […]
Blu-ray Review – Enter the Void (2009)
Enter the Void, 2009. Directed by Gaspar Noé Starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, and Emily Alyn Lind. SYNOPSIS: A drug dealer is shot by police and his spirit floats around Tokyo, connecting with the past, present and future of himself and his sister. There are movies that can give […]
The Directors We Love to Hate
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at some of cinemas most hated directors… When all is said and done with a film, everything boils down to one thing: The individuals verdict. You’ll love films, you’ll hate them, you’ll be totally indifferent to some. This then rings true of individual aspects in a film, from cast, to […]
Gaspar Noe’s Lux Æterna gets a trailer, poster and images
Gaspar Noe fans have a double dose to look forward to this May (if “look forward to” is the right expression)… Not only do we have the release of the dementia drama Vortex, but Arrow Video and Yelloe Veil Pictures are also bringing the controversial filmmaker’s 2019 experimental film Lux Æterna to UK and US […]
Gaspar Noe’s dementia drama Vortex gets a trailer and poster
Picturehouse Entertainment have released a UK poster and trailer for writer-director Gaspar Noe’s (Irreversible, Climax) upcoming drama Vortex which centres on elderly couple Elle and Lui (Françoise Lebrun and Dario Argento) and their son (Alex Lutz) as they struggle with their declining health and personal problems; check them out here… Presented in split screen, VORTEX […]
Extreme Cinema – Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible
Irreversible, 2002. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, and Albert Dupontel. Irreversible (2002) features strong language, sex, violence and sexual violence in its tale of a woman raped in a subway and whose boyfriend and ex-lover seek a bloody revenge on her attacker. When shown at the Cannes Film Festival, the graphic […]
Extreme Cinema – Gaspar Noe’s Love
Love, 2015. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman and Klara Kristin. SYNOPSIS: Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbour into their bed. With the release […]
Video Review – Gaspar Noe’s Climax
Climax, 2019. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, and Thea Carla Schott. Climax is an exercise in extreme filmmaking, and one of Gaspar Noe’s best films. When the action picks up, you can’t tear you eyes away from the screen. Even when the sickest […]
