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I have written an essay for the 88 Films release of Tatsumi Kumashiro's 1973 Woman Hell: Woods Are Wet, part of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno range. Thanks to Jasper Sharp for asking me to write about one of my favourite 1970s adaptations of the Marquis de Sade. For anyone interested in the book I am writing... Continue Reading →
In this episode of the Straight On Till Morning Show, I host a programme on the FrightFest festival, which took place from 22nd to 26th August 2024 in London. Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Dr Anton Bitel, guide us through their festival highlights.... Continue Reading →
It was a pleasure to contribute to BBC Screenshot on Shock Value, presented by Mark Kermode and Ellen E. Jones. It airs on Friday 9th August at 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4 and will be available on the BBC iPlayer shortly afterwards. Programme listing for Screenshot Shock Value on BBC Radio 4
THE PETTING ZOO, the short film I wrote and directed last year, has been selected to screen at A Night of Horror International Film Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The festival runs from 1st to 3rd March 2024.
THE PETTING ZOO, the short film I wrote and directed last year, has been selected to screen at the Wench Film Festival in Mumbai. The festival runs from 29th February to 3rd March 2024.
I will be taking part in a panel discussion on women of surrealism with Giulia Rho and Sophia Satchell-Baeza after a screening of Germaine Dulac's The Seashell and The Clergyman (1928), Maya Deren's Meshes of The Afternoon (1943) and Barbara Hammer's Psychosynthesis (1975). Thursday 8th February, 20:30, Garden Cinema.
I loved talking about Walerian Borowczyk's anarchic, playful, lustful Behind Convent Walls for Arrow's limited edition Blu-ray. Big thanks to Kat Ellinger for asking me and to Jonathan Zaurin for being a brilliant partner in crime as always. More info on the Arrow website.
I'm looking forward to introducing Russ Meyer's 1965 outrageous ode to a trio of go-go viragoes ripping through the desert at BFI Southbank on Thursday 18th January. This screening is part of the Scala: sex, drugs and rock'n'roll cinema to celebrate the release of Jane Giles and Ali Catterall's documentary on the legendary London cinema.... Continue Reading →
In the next episode of the Straight On Till Morning radio show, I talk to Jane Giles and Ali Catterall, the co-directors of the new documentary Scala!!! Or the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits. Thursday 4th January 2024, 8pm,... Continue Reading →
THE PETTING ZOO, the short film I wrote and directed this year, has been selected to screen at the Carcosian Film Night in Brussels, date to be announced.
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