Bava and beefcake. What more could a spooky gay boy want?

SOUND Attention Le Tapis Prend Feu – Boom Boom Duplicata (2024) Bill Nelson – Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights (1987)Bill departs the curse of the mid-80’s big beat and g…

An unbelievably great debut from a director who continues to develop his unique style. With its fabulous ambient soundtrack, rich camerawork and excellent cast, Katalin Varga moves slowly and deliberately...

It's been nearly 40 years since I first saw this film. It's still deeply beautiful to watch and has a phenomenal soundtrack, although I was struck how poor the music sounds, something hard to imagine...

I enjoyed what Brooke Mills brought to this film, she's like a grounding element that holds it all together, as well as being a sort of 'Norma' Bates.

An excellent dark short from Aardman that straddles silent film, Vaudeville and early horror. As soon as evil Arnold appeared I confidently awaited for him to get his comuppance.

A review is obviously superfluous, so instead look out for Lucy reading the TV Guide - it has her picture on it.

Another impossibly magnificent film from Aardman Studios. I'm off to watch the making of now.

SOUND Kirsty MacColl – Titanic Days (1993)This album is a constant joy. The title track will stay in your head for days and I promise you won’t mind. Richard X – Presents His X-Fa…

There's no opera involved, the monster is more correctly described as a Vampire, and the plot doesn't stand up to any sort of analysis. There are, however, batshit crazy dance numbers, wild jazz with...

I read and reread The Magic Faraway Tree in my childhood and was pretty thrilled to see it had been adapted into a film. There's always a fear it won't live up to the film I had imagined - but by and...

Despite the catchpenny English title this is an elegant Japanese gothic ghost tale set in feudal Japan that's rich in atmosphere. There's some graceful wire work when the floating floating ghosts come...

SOUND Bill Nelson – The Summer Of God’s Piano (1984)The Autumn of Bill Nelson continues with more of his excellent 80s albums. Various Artists – Peephole In My Brain (The British …

Enduring the endless talk and unpleasant lead character may be required to get through to everything that's so great here (such as the production design, inventive direction, gorgeous score, Kyoko Kishida,...

There are some beautiful moments here amongst the immense sadness, especially towards the end of the film, however it leaves a lot of frayed edges in regard to the appalling police entrapment stings which...

The 1970s ushered in fresh voices in Australian cinema that presented us with a new way of viewing this country as a land that can also be mysterious and mythical. I think it's fair to say that most Australians...

Even at an extended runtime it's a enjoyable delve into wacky supernatural drama, meets murder mystery, meets disaster movie. The Medusa Touch has it all. Also, watch for the flashbacks where you can...

SOUND Bill Nelson – The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) (1982) Bill Nelson – Chimera (1983) Bill Nelson – The Summer Of God’s Piano (1984)I’m listening th…

SOUND Talking Heads – Remain In Light (1980)Once in a while I put this on and remember how splendid it is. David Sylvian – Brilliant Trees (1984)Off the back of the Ghosts book I listen…

Gothic interiors, a wild seance scene, a will reading - it has all the elements for this type of film but somewhere along the way it shifts into a gear and stays there. There's a lot of wandering around...

The Lost In Space TV series began as a serious science fiction drama and very quickly pivoted into campy nonsense to score rating points. By the end it included a space beauty competition and a planet...

A friend asked me how many films I’d reviewed on Letterboxd. I was thinking the total would be maybe 150. Apparently, it’s 797*! I had no idea I’d been so prolific. I need a Bex a…

A slice-of-life drama showing the impact of drugs on the younger generation of the late 60s/early 70s and those around them. But there's more going on here than an after-school cautionary tale for teens,...

Despite a strong start, Eclipse feels rather underbaked as it goes on. The middle section in particular drags terribly. The Scottish coast and the excellent soundtrack provide most of the atmosphere which...

A complete joy of puzzle-logic, gothic malaise, and a delirious early 70's style with shades of Roger Corman's Poe films, Biba and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A line could also easily be drawn to Cabaret....

Although it's less celebrated than other Ealing films, I challenge you to find some room in your heart for this delightful tale of rural community spirit where everyone mucks in to save their ailing rail...

There are a lot of entries this week as I compressed two weeks’ worth into this post. Bonus! Last week was a write-off with a lot going on and on top of that the sad news that Dolly Parton pa…

If ever the "not for everyone" term was applicable, it definitely applies to the work of the Brothers Quay. I've seen just about everything they have made and find their work immersive and delightful,...

Breezy fun nonsense elevated by Natalie Wood's enormous charm and Peter Falk setting the blueprint for what was to come with Columbo. If you like 60's fashion and decor and don't ask too much from your...

Or perhaps subtitled "Barons shouldn't play with dead things"? Dr Frankenstein's son returns to live in the family home and resurrects his dead-ish (sort-of) stepbrother. Awww, sweet. A triple B picture...

They just needed some gays to team up with in that office for a faster resolution. And I would have had lunch with Doralee every damn day. Thanks Dolly xx

Lavish gothic style adornes this wicked and gorgeous horror melodrama. The script is loaded with Oscar Wilde's devilish bon mots to jot down and add a pinch of paprika to your future conversations. Angela...

It's been decades since I last saw The Celluloid Closet. It charts how much has changed in gay representation on the silver screen and soberingly how far there is, even in 2026, still to go. k.d. lang...

You could trim 45 mins to an hour off this and, actually, that would be quite nice, could someone do that please. Just be sure to leave in the bangers, esepcially pointlessly wild Shipoopi number and...

Impossible to review without addressing the yellowface and Asians-as-evil-villains trope. But, if you can accept that (and Bernard Bresslaw's make up that gives "embalmed") as an embarrassing history...