By Anton Bitel
Based on real events, Sergio Martino’s Silent Action from 1975 is as cynical as it is uncompromising.
By Anton Bitel
The Black Cat was the first of six Universal pictures to star Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
By Anton Bitel
Viy, Konstantin Ershov and Georgiy Kropachyov’s 1967 Gothic chiller, boasts spectacular visuals and effects.
By Anton Bitel
Starring Denise Richards and an animatronic dino, Tammy and the T-Rex is one of the decade’s campiest curios.
By Anton Bitel
With its surreal premise and zoological themes, Richard Franklin’s Link remains a most curious creature.
Media, memory and film history collide in Satoshi Kon’s time-bending story of a faded screen star.
By Anton Bitel
The cult director’s 1964 Edgar Allan Poe adaptation The Masque of the Red Death sees Vincent Price sell his soul.
By Anton Bitel
2000’s JSA – Joint Security Area was one of the first significant films of the so-called Korean Wave.
Our round-up of the year’s finest physical releases, some of which helped us through the dark times of lockdown.
By Anton Bitel
House of Bamboo, one of the first American features to be shot in Japan, is as hard-boiled as they come.
By Anton Bitel
Denis Villeneuve’s third feature, which respectfully dramatises a real-life school shooting, remains tragically relevant.
Ryûhei Kitamura’s frenetic, crazily-ambitious cult favourite is low-brow filmmaking at its mind-boggling best.
Tsai Ming-liang’s 2003 film, newly released on Blu-ray, is a poignant and powerful love letter to the cinema.
By Anton Bitel
Godzilla creator Ishiro Honda’s globe-trotting adventure is a strangely sweet family adventure.
By Anton Bitel
The original theatrical cut of Charles E Sellier Jr’s Silent Night, Deadly Night is now available on Blu-ray.
By Anton Bitel
The Tetsuo director is at his hyper-stylised, idiosyncratic best in this unnerving period tale.
By Anton Bitel
The Taste of Tea marks an intriguing departure from director Katsuhito Ishii’s earlier Tarantino-esque capers.