Banned for Glory (part one)
(Cue Alfred Hitchcock Presents music: Good evening. I’m trying something different this time round. In my continuing effort to cement a reputation for myself as the Nigel Slater of film blogs, I present for you today another semi-autobiographical investigation of a chosen cinematic subject, this time British film censorship. As [...]
Yellow Peril
Like just about every fellow aficionado I have encountered, I was introduced to the fiendish allure of the Italian giallo when I first saw Dario Argento’s Profondo Rosso. A confirmed fan of the maestro already, this mesmerising, mind-bending murder mystery was like nothing I had ever seen before. Henceforth, I [...]