Dan Barnes chats with Daisy Ridley about her new film Magpie… Directed by Sam Yates (The Hope Rooms, All’s Well That Ends Well, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cymbeline), Magpie received its world premiere at the South by Southwest festival in March 2024. The film follows Anette (Daisy Ridley), an isolated wife and mother who finds herself […]
Francis Ford Coppola In And Out Of The Wilderness
Simon Thompson chronicles Francis Ford Coppola’s career purgatory post-Apocalypse Now, as the filmmaker flitted between exile and embrace by the mainstream Hollywood studios… Francis Ford Coppola’s name is one that is synonymous with one of the most daring, innovative and exciting eras in American filmmaking, the New Hollywood era (1967- early 80s). Although this period […]
Blu-ray Review – Late Night with the Devil (2023)
Late Night with the Devil, 2023. Directed by Cameron Cairnes & Colin Cairnes. Starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Michael Ironside, Fayssal Bazzi, and Ingrid Torelli. SYNOPSIS: A TV chat show goes horribly wrong when the host and his guests conjure up some demons live in the studio. There is something very familiar about […]
Body Double at 40: The Lurid Version of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window
Casey Chong revisits Brian De Palma’s Body Double as it celebrates its 40th anniversary… Brian De Palma’s works may have been inconsistent but at his peak, he directed a fair share of memorable genre films that defined his career. As a self-professed fan of Alfred Hitchcock, he has exploited the Master of Suspense’s themes, tones […]
Exclusive Interview – Filmmaker Sarah Young on short film Not Him
Flickering Myth chats with filmmaker Sarah Young about her short film Not Him… Hi Sarah, could you introduce yourself to our readers and tell us a little about your filmmaking journey to this point? Absolutely! I’m Sarah Young and I’m primarily a director. Not Him is the first film I wrote the script for as […]
John Wick at 10: The sleeper hit that revitalized the action genre
Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind John Wick on its 10th anniversary… Who would have thought that a modestly budgeted hitman flick would completely revitalize the action genre and launch a successful franchise? Yet, here we are, a decade later talking about John Wick’s influence on the film industry as we celebrate its 10th […]
Kate Beckinsale’s Action Movies Ranked
Casey Chong looks at Kate Beckinsale action movie roles… Kate Beckinsale is no stranger to action movies, even though her earlier acting career was mostly confined to period/historical films and romantic comedies. But it wasn’t until then-unknown Len Wiseman enlisted her to play the leather-clad vampire assassin in Underworld in 2003. Even though she continues […]
10 Creepy Horror Movies Jump Scares
Casey Chong looks at ten essential horror movie jump scares… Horror movies are all about the cinematic experience of scaring the hell out of you, keeping you on the edge of your seat and startling you while watching a scene. The latter is especially true with jump scares, one of the most widely-used visual techniques […]
Fight Club at 25: An Incendiary brew of satire, style, dark comedy & violence
As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Fight Club… To say Fight Club is one of the most controversial cinematic efforts of the 1990s would be an understatement. The film can be bunched with 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause and 1967’s The Graduate in terms of thematic similarities but […]
Whiplash at 10: An Exploration of the Dark Side of Talent and Obsession
Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Whiplash as the film celebrates its tenth anniversary… Hollywood has churned out its fair share of ‘musical prodigy’ movies centered around talented musicians with efforts such as Amadeus, Immortal Beloved and Shine. But Whiplash broke the mold by delivering a darker and more mature take on the timeworn story […]
