Come and See (Idi i smotri) screened on 1st and 4th June at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford. This is the text of my introduction to those screenings. Ladies and gentlemen, roll up, roll up! My name is Anton Bitel, I am a freelance film critic and I specialise in horror cinema – so…
The Painted Bird first published by VODzilla.co Some way into Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird, the young Boy (Petr Kotlár) who is its main character watches the old birdcatcher Lekh (Lech Dyblik) applying paint to the wings of a captured bird, and releasing it into the air. The bird flies up to join its flock…
The Woman In Black2 : Angel of Death first published by Film4 Synopsis: The spectral ‘woman in black’ feeds off the loss and trauma of Second World War evacuees in this gothic sequel from director Tom Harper (The Scouting Book For Boys, 2009). Review: In James Watkins’ gothic ghost story The Woman In Black (2012), adapted from the novel…