Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Nicolas Roeg… After the recent sad news about the passing of Nicolas Roeg, now seems like a good moment to focus our latest director beginner’s guide on the visionary filmmaker’s work. By the time Roeg took the step to directing with his 1970 debut, Performance (he co-directed with Donald Cammell, […]
Comic Book Preview – The Man Who Fell to Earth: The Official Movie Adaptation
Titan Comics releases the all-new, fully-authorised graphic novel adaptation of director Nicholas Roeg’s cult 1976 movie The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie this week, and we have the official preview for you here; check it out…. The film, based on the classic science fiction novel by Walter Tevis (The Queen’s Gambit, The […]
The Witches at 30: The family film that terrified an entire generation
With The Witches celebrating its 30th anniversary, George Nash takes a look at the legacy of Nicolas Roeg’s terrifying family film… In the filmography of the late British director Nicolas Roeg — a career spanning just shy of 50 years — two movies stand out from the rest. Both are adaptations of literary texts. Both […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 10 – Don’t Look Now (1973)
Don’t Look Now, 1973. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. Starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato and Renato Scarpa. SYNOPSIS: After the death of their daughter, a married couple move to Venice after the husband takes up a job restoring an old cathedral. As they settle into their new home, the couple […]
R.I.P. Nicolas Roeg (1928 – 2018)
British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg, director of the BAFTA-nominated horror classic Don’t Look Now, has passed away aged 90, his family has revealed. Born in London in 1928, Roeg began his career in the film industry as a clapper board operator before working in the camera department on a number of films, including Far From the […]
