Holocaust

Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

Cannibal Holocaust first published by Little White Lies in 2011, when Shameless Screen Entertainment released their Blu-ray (and DVD) of the film After aerials of the Amazonian rain forest play out in montage over the opening credits of Cannibal Holocaust, we cut to the concrete ‘jungle’ of the Big Apple (also shown as aerials, from…

Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation (2015)

Beasts of No Nation first published by Sight & Sound, December 2015 Review: [contains spoilers] We hear children chanting a childish song, and see them playing in a dusty field, their game framed through a screenless television set. “It is starting like this,” says the voice-over of young Agu (extraordinary newcomer Abraham Attah), who, with the…