Writer. Editor. Film Scholar. Script Consultant
I will be introducing Hollis Frampton's Zorns Lemma (1970) at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam on Sunday 27th October 2024. The screening is part of the museum's 'Underground: American Avant-Garde Film in the 1960s', which runs from 13th October 2024 to 5th January 2025. More information about Zorns Lemma on the Eye Filmmuseum website.
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'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 →
I'll be delivering a paper on Coffin Joe and surrealism at the Cine-Excess conference 'Raising Hell: Demons, Darkness and the Abject' on Wednesday 18th October 2023. Cine-Excess runs from 17th to 27th October 2023 in Birmingham, UK and online. More details on the Cine-Excess website. Pic credit: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (José Mojica Marins, 1964)
It was a pleasure to be part of the Cheval Noir jury at the Fantasia International Film Festival. I particularly enjoyed Vincent Must Die (Vincent doit mourir), a smart and inventive update of the zombie film that nods to Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend - we gave it a well-deserved Special Jury Mention. Pic credit: Vincent doit... Continue Reading →
I'm looking forward to introducing Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), one of the last few films he made, at BFI Southbank tonight. Tickets available on the BFI Southbank website.
ORCHESTRATOR OF STORMS : THE FANTASTIQUE WORLD OF JEAN ROLLIN will have its European premiere at ArrowFrightFest on Friday 26 August 2022 at 3:50pm. There will be a Q&A after the film with the formidable Brigitte Lahaie and me. Directed by Kat Ellinger and Dima Ballin, produced by Kier-and Jonathan Zaurin. Book tickets: http://frightfest.nuwebgroup.com/events/21472
I had the great pleasure to contribute to the unprecedented documentary on Jean Rollin directed by Kat Ellinger and Dima Ballin, which will premiere at the Fantasia Festival on Saturday 16th July. Here's the Fantasia Festival's description of the film by Mitch Davis: Has there been a genre artist more fundamentally misunderstood and inappropriately discussed... Continue Reading →
I will be speaking at the Suspirias symposium on Saturday 11th June at Queen Mary University. Tickets are free, registration essential. This symposium considers Dario Argento’s 1977 giallo horror Suspiria alongside Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 film of the same name. The 2018 film has been positioned in a cycle of ‘serious’ horror films, an arthouse spin... Continue Reading →
I will be part of a panel exploring Japanese cinema in the second half of the 20th century as part of the BFI's Japan 2021 season on Thursday 2nd December with season co-programmer Alexander Jacoby, author, filmmaker and curator Jasper Sharp, academic and author Rayna Denison and film scholar, writer and editor Virginie Sélavy. Buy... Continue Reading →
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