Dario Argento

The complicated legacy of heavy metal in cinema

By Sarah Cleary

Metal is often given short shrift at the movies, but a handful of great auteurs have used the genre and its subculture to brilliant effect.

Gaspar Noé: ‘Vortex isn’t about the death of cinema, but its evolution’

By David Jenkins

The Argentinian enfant terrible on death, sex, his mature new film Vortex and why making TV shows isn’t worth his freedom.

Vortex

By Adam Woodward

An elderly Parisian couple struggle with the trials of ageing in Gaspar Noé’s miserable but intriguing new film.

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The end is near in the first trailer for Gaspar Noé’s death drama Vortex

By Charles Bramesco

Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun play a couple in their lives’ waning days, staring down the great beyond.

Why Dario Argento’s Deep Red remains a trashy masterpiece

By Anton Bitel

The Italian director’s 1975 giallo classic is being re-released in a newly restored, longer edit with additional scenes.

Why I love Dakota Johnson’s performance in Suspiria

By McKinzie Smith

Her deft turn as dancer Susie Bannion resonates with me and many other women attempting to come into our own.

Suspiria vs Suspiria – Argento’s original vs Guadagnino’s remake

By Leigh Singer

The latest video in our Remake/Remodel series compares the classic horror with its modern update.

On Location: The dance academy from Dario Argento’s Suspiria

By Adam Scovell

A pilgrimage to one of the grandest and most iconic settings in all of horror cinema.

Discover the first-person POV terror of Dario Argento’s Opera

By Anton Bitel

The horror maestro’s 1987 giallo is released in a special new 2K restoration this month.

Suspiria

By Anton Bitel

Luca Guadagnino puts a bold allegorical spin on Dario Argento’s baroque horror classic.

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The curious case of the Suspiria smile

By Martyn Conterio

Suzy Bannion is put through the wringer in Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic. Why, in the end, is she so happy about it?

Suspiria – first look review

By Adam Woodward

Dakota Johnson dances to an unfamiliar beat in Luca Guadagnino’s surprisingly naff horror remake.

See Dawn of the Dead and Suspiria in concert this summer

By Eve Jones

Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin will be performing their iconic scores in time for the films’ 40th anniversaries.

Discover the proto-giallo pleasures of Dario Argento’s debut feature

By Anton Bitel

A 4K restoration of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is being released.

The low, lurid pleasures of Dario Argento’s The Cat O’ Nine Tails

By Anton Bitel

The Italian director’s 1971 giallo shows a visionary film artist still finding his feet.

The surreal, singular genius of Dario Argento’s Suspiria

By Anton Bitel

Forty years on, the director’s nightmarish gialli has lost none of its potency.

Thom Yorke is scoring the Suspiria remake

By Amy Bowker

The Radiohead frontman will provide music for Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming re-imagining of Dario Argento’s cult classic.

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