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I will be introducing Herschell Gordon Lewis's slice of gory insanity Blood Feast at BFI Southbank on 2nd April 2026. The screening is part of the season Trash! The Wildest Films You've Ever Seen curated by William Fowler and Justin Johnson, running at BFI Southbank 30 March-30 April 2026.
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 →
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 →
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