A young American woman comes to Europe for a place in an exclusive academy, at about the same time as her predecessor is brutally murdered, and discovers that there is something sinister, even supernatural, afoot in these hallowed halls. This is essentially the plot of Dario Argento’s Suspiria (1977), and of his Phenomena (1985) too…
Mirror Mirror first published by VODzilla.co “I want everything back to the way it was!” shouts teenager Nikki Chandler (Krisin Dattilo) near the end of Marina Sargenti’s Mirror Mirror. It is a typical adolescent cry, as a young person, confronted with her own changing self and resistant to the new responsibilities of adulthood, just wants…
Son of Babylon first appeared in Sight & Sound, March 2011 Review: “I don’t understand Kurdish, but I can feel her pain and suffering.” Non-Kurdish viewers might feel much the same way as the Arabic-speaking woman who utters these words of sympathy in Son of Babylon – even if we, unlike her, have the benefit…