The Hunger on-stage introduction for the Ultimate Picture Palace’s Blood & Celluloid: Vampire Film Festival, 15 Oct 2022 In the late Seventies and early Eighties, there was a new movement identifiable in British cinema: the rise of the adman director. For filmmakers like Hugh Hudson, Adrian Lyne, Alan Parker, Ridley Scott and his younger brother…
True Romance first published by Little White Lies, as entry 131 in my Cinema Psychotronicum column Every romance has its meet-cute. In the case of Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) and Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette), the meet-cute takes place in a Detroit movie theatre, announcing to the viewer (also originally in a theatre) that Tony Scott‘s…
Déjà Vu first published by Film4 Summary: Denzel Washington stars twice over in Tony Scott’s time-travelling thriller that starts with a bang and ends with a brain-teaser. Review: Déjà Vu is the sixth collaboration between director Tony Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer (after Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cops II, Days of Thunder, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the…
Domino first published by EyeforFilm The real Domino Harvey was born into a world of glamour, showbiz and high society. Her father was the film star Laurence Harvey (of The Manchurian Candidate fame), her mother was a wealthy English supermodel, and she herself was named after the Bond girl from Thunderball. Yet, after a brief stint…