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The Disturbed Outsider: A Cinematic Pathway Leading to Joker

October 11, 2019 by Tom Jolliffe

In the wake of Joker’s success, Tom Jolliffe looks at similar cinematic examples of the disturbed outsider… With a quarter billion in takings and counting, as well as divisive reviews, media attention up the wazoo, and a status (particularly among the 18-30 viewers) as a cinematic masterpiece, Joker’s depiction of disturbed isolation and disconnect from […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Clockwork Orange, American Psycho, Black Swan, Fight Club, Joker, Naked, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Possession, Pyscho, Sisters, The Shining, videodrome

Guillermo del Toro discusses the Psycho shower scene in clip from documentary 78/52

October 25, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Next month sees the release of the documentary 78/52, which explores the creation and legacy of one of cinema’s greatest ever sequences – the shower sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Psycho. Check out a clip from the documentary here, featuring Guillermo del Toro and more… An unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: 78/52, Alfred Hitchcock, Guillermo del Toro, Pyscho

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