Tag: Oliver Reed

Criterion Collection: Women in Love (1969) | Blu-ray Review

Although it’s a rather libelous label often originated or thrust upon outré or idiosyncratic French directors, Britain’s Ken Russell is perhaps the epitome of...

Castaway (1986) | Review

Castabout: Roeg’s Neglected Island Adventure Collapses Marriage and Misogyny The Quad celebrates the career of renowned British auteur Nicolas Roeg in a week-long retrospective in...

The Hunting Party (1971) | Blu-ray Review

A film as brutal as it is unapologetic in its abject misogyny, one would almost expect 1971’s The Hunting Party to be the work...

ZPG (Zero Population Growth) | Blu-ray Review

Today, director Michael Campus is best remembered as an alum of Blaxploitation, thanks mostly to 1973’s The Mack, which featured an early role for...

The Devils (1971) | 2015 Beyond Film Festival Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s Delirious, Incomparable Masterpiece Despite the pronounced pedigree of its origins, Ken Russell’s glorious 1971 film The...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.