Tom Jolliffe looks at the similarities between The Northman and Conan the Barbarian. Spoilers follow… Robert Eggers has released his long awaited third movie. After success and masses of acclaim for his small scale masterworks The Witch and The Lighthouse, Eggers has gone large scale in his third outing. The Northman is a big budget […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Dune (1984)
Dune, 1984. Directed by David Lynch. Starring Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer, Linda Hunt, Freddie Jones, Richard Jordan, Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Silvana Mangano, Everett McGill, Kenneth McMillan, Jack Nance, Siân Phillips, Jürgen Prochnow, Paul Smith, Patrick Stewart, Sting, Dean Stockwell, Max von Sydow, Alicia Roanne Witt, and Sean Young. SYNOPSIS: David […]
October Horrors 2020 – Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Hour of the Wolf, 1968. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Starring Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, George Rydeberg, Erland Josephson and Ingrid Thulin. SYNOPSIS: An artist and his pregnant wife retreat to their home on a small island, where he starts to suffer strange and increasingly vivid nightmares connected to his past and to […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Flash Gordon (1980)
Flash Gordon, 1980. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato, Brian Blessed, and Peter Wyngarde. SYNOPSIS: Flash Gordon fans: Run, don’t walk, to snap up this 4K release of the movie that features tons of digital and print bonus stuff, along with […]
Movie Review – Flash Gordon Special 40th Anniversary Restoration
Flash Gordon (Special 40th Anniversary Restoration), 1980. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, Ornella Muti, Topol, Peter Wyngarde and Richard O’Brien. SYNOPSIS: A football player and a travel agent find themselves facing the wrath of an alien warlord, with the fate of the Earth […]
Conan the Barbarian: An underrated work of art which ushered in a decade of imitators
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Conan The Barbarian, often overlooked for its artistic merits… There were a number of archetypal films which became popular during the 80’s. Some fads lasted longer than others, whilst some died out. The success of First Blood (but more-so Part 2) would usher in a stream of one […]
Crisis of Faith in Cinema
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at films about crisis of faith… The subject of faith in cinema has been around since the beginning. Whether this is faith in a religious sense, or spiritual, or of the self, it is in that test, or crisis of faith which sees a character put through a quest to […]
Crushin’ | The Flickering Myth Podcast #140
Listen to the latest episode of The Flickering Myth Podcast… Allen, Tori, and EJ attempt to lighten the dour mood by discussing their celebrity crushes. EJ gives his opinion on The Hunt, EJ and Tori discuss the crime drama Calm with Horses, and Max von Sydow is remembered. Email in your questions, feedback etc. to podcast@flickeringmyth.com. […]
A Tribute to Max von Sydow
Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to the late, great Max von Sydow… Cinema lost another legend with the sad news that Max von Sydow has passed away. A career which spanned over 70 years of his 90 year life, he established himself very early on in his career, becoming one of the collaborators of choice for […]
R.I.P. Max von Sydow (1929 – 2020)
Legendary actor Max von Sydow, whose credits include all-time classics such as The Seventh Seal and The Exorcist, has passed away aged 90, it has been announced. Born in Lund, Sweden, von Sydow began his career in the 1950s where he made his name working with his mentor and frequent collaborator Ingmar Bergman on films […]