The Passion of the Christ first published by Movie Gazette, 26 February, 2004, here reproduced in an altered version “What is truth?” asks Pontius Pilate (Hristo Naumov Shopov), and later he expands with his saintlike wife Claudia (Claudia Gerini) upon the problems raised by this question, as though it were a serious philosophical conundrum with…
Der Golem (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam) first published by Little White Lies, as the 91st instalment in my Cinema Psychotronicum column While on location making his feature debut The Student of Prague (1913) – considered to be the first ever independent film – co-director/actor Paul Wegener first heard stories about the…
Hate Crime first published by TheHorrorShow “Today’s a special day isn’t it?… Is it Hannukah?…Could it be Passover?” Middle-aged, middle-class Dan (Greg Depetro) is videoing the family birthday party of his youngest son Alex (Sloane Morgan Siegel) in the smalltown home to which they have recently moved from New Jersey. As Dan’s camera gets in the…