David Dent
@darkeyesoflondon.bsky.social
Writes about film @ www.darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.co.uk
Co-host of Larry and David's Film Salon:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/larry-and-davids-film-salon/
Music @ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4o3hXmV1cNAtD2MakmHFEx?si=FueygBggSMWwBZIUxpIwtw
Co-host of Larry and David's Film Salon:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/larry-and-davids-film-salon/
Music @ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4o3hXmV1cNAtD2MakmHFEx?si=FueygBggSMWwBZIUxpIwtw
Project one term coming along nicely Laura.
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Project one term coming along nicely Laura.
Overheard at the theatre while waiting for THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST to start:
Punter 1: “Was Oscar Wilde actually a woman who, because of the times, had to write using a woman’s name?”
Punter 2: “No, you’re thinking of George Orwell.”
No further questions.
Punter 1: “Was Oscar Wilde actually a woman who, because of the times, had to write using a woman’s name?”
Punter 2: “No, you’re thinking of George Orwell.”
No further questions.
October 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Overheard at the theatre while waiting for THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST to start:
Punter 1: “Was Oscar Wilde actually a woman who, because of the times, had to write using a woman’s name?”
Punter 2: “No, you’re thinking of George Orwell.”
No further questions.
Punter 1: “Was Oscar Wilde actually a woman who, because of the times, had to write using a woman’s name?”
Punter 2: “No, you’re thinking of George Orwell.”
No further questions.
'I'm holding back tears' - say Lionesses, faced with Heather Small encore...
July 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
'I'm holding back tears' - say Lionesses, faced with Heather Small encore...
BBC doing its usual thing of putting journalist think pieces in place of the news.
July 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
BBC doing its usual thing of putting journalist think pieces in place of the news.
My review of the not quite 'Poohniverse' movie PIGLET is now up on the Dark Eyes of London site.
Piglet (NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM UK 2025: Dir Andrea M. Catinella)
On first glance you'd be mistaken for thinking that Piglet was yet another entry in those 'Poohniverse' - or 'Twisted Childhood' movies (yo...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My review of the not quite 'Poohniverse' movie PIGLET is now up on the Dark Eyes of London site.
Reposted by David Dent
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
May 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
The second of my four part series on maverick US film director Jerry Warren is now live on Spotify - it's only 20 minutes - perfectly lunch break material! @podcasts @psychotronicfilms @thenickelcinema.bsky.social
Jerry Warren - Part 2
Dark Eyes of London · Episode
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May 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The second of my four part series on maverick US film director Jerry Warren is now live on Spotify - it's only 20 minutes - perfectly lunch break material! @podcasts @psychotronicfilms @thenickelcinema.bsky.social
So here's the first episode of the first podcast from Dark Eyes of London covering the career of one of the most detested psychotronic directors of all time. Let's hope it encourages more people to check out his films, which are pretty much all in the public domain #podcasts #psychotronic #horror
Jerry Warren - Part 1
Dark Eyes of London · Episode
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May 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
So here's the first episode of the first podcast from Dark Eyes of London covering the career of one of the most detested psychotronic directors of all time. Let's hope it encourages more people to check out his films, which are pretty much all in the public domain #podcasts #psychotronic #horror
My review of this new (ish) Australian movie, out in the UK tomorrow, is up on the DEoL site:
Birdeater (Australia 2023: Dir Jack Clark, Jim Weir)
The mission of some Australian filmmakers, to show the uglier side of the Antipodean male, continues unabated; the Wake in Fright style 'oc...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My review of this new (ish) Australian movie, out in the UK tomorrow, is up on the DEoL site:
My latest roundup of British Fantastic Films, from the year 2024, is here:
NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2024 #4 Witches special! Reviews of Witches of God (UK 2024), Witch (UK 2024), Salem Witch Doll (UK 2024), Inherit the Witch (UK 2024), The House on Mansfield St...
Witches of God (UK 2024: Dir Daya Dodds) In an unspecified period of history the country has succumbed to a plague named the 'blue sickness...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
My latest roundup of British Fantastic Films, from the year 2024, is here:
My review of Chad Archibald's latest movie IT FEEDS is now up on the Dark Eyes of London site:
It Feeds (Canada 2025: Dir Chad Archibald)
I like Chad Archibald's movies. His last two features, 2017's The Heretics and the following year's I'll Take Your Dead mixed scares and d...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My review of Chad Archibald's latest movie IT FEEDS is now up on the Dark Eyes of London site:
The latest Larry & David's Film Salon podcast episode revisits Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD. Have a listen!
# 13 Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Larry and David's Film Salon · Episode
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April 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The latest Larry & David's Film Salon podcast episode revisits Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD. Have a listen!
My review of THE UGLY SISTER is up now on the DEoL site:
The Ugly Stepsister aka Den stygge stesøsteren (Norway/Denmark/Romania/Poland/Sweden 2025: Dir Emilie Blichfeldt)
As the directing world and their common law partner look to (public domain) folk tales for cinematic inspiration, with varying degrees of su...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My review of THE UGLY SISTER is up now on the DEoL site:
My review of DEATH OF A UNICORN is up on DEoL. Some mild spoilers (unless you've seen the trailer). Beware; it's not kind.
Death of a Unicorn (USA/Hungary 2025: Dir Alex Scharfman)
One aspect of the mythical unicorn, whose origins date back to ancient civilisations in China and India, was the healing properties of its s...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My review of DEATH OF A UNICORN is up on DEoL. Some mild spoilers (unless you've seen the trailer). Beware; it's not kind.
Out of interest, how does this happen in terms of blog traffic?
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Out of interest, how does this happen in terms of blog traffic?
I had to send some Postal Orders yesterday. Yes such things still exist but not only have they not changed the royal face on the front, the photo of the one they do have was taken in about 1960. Is there some arcane reason for this?
April 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I had to send some Postal Orders yesterday. Yes such things still exist but not only have they not changed the royal face on the front, the photo of the one they do have was taken in about 1960. Is there some arcane reason for this?
A rather quick and dirty review of THE WOMAN IN THE YARD, which seems to be disappearing from cinema screens as quickly as the titular lady.
The Woman in the Yard (USA 2025: Dir Jaume Collet-Serra)
Spanish director Collet-Serra has dipped his toes into the 'Fantastic' genre several times before, including his debut feature, 2005's House...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A rather quick and dirty review of THE WOMAN IN THE YARD, which seems to be disappearing from cinema screens as quickly as the titular lady.
My review of the rather good SCREAMBOAT is now up on the DEoL site #screamboat
Screamboat (USA 2025: Dir Steven LaMorte)
The Staten Island ferry is a New York institution dating back to the 1920s, connecting the island to Manhattan. As a free service it's used ...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
My review of the rather good SCREAMBOAT is now up on the DEoL site #screamboat
Well done to my old employers @londoncouncils.bsky.social for providing the back up information to starkly illustrate the current financial crisis in London.
Local Government Finances: London - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' Local Government Finances: London' on Wednesday 26 March 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
March 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Well done to my old employers @londoncouncils.bsky.social for providing the back up information to starkly illustrate the current financial crisis in London.
If there’s one thing extinct that you could resurrect etc etc.
March 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
If there’s one thing extinct that you could resurrect etc etc.
Isn’t it time that action film trailers stopped using slowed down, slightly gothy covers of songs? That’s rhetorical by the way.
March 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Isn’t it time that action film trailers stopped using slowed down, slightly gothy covers of songs? That’s rhetorical by the way.
My cat spends an inordinate amount of time on her back.
March 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My cat spends an inordinate amount of time on her back.
Here's six more British Fantastic Films from 2021, with the emphasis on sci fi. With only 18 films left to close off the year, the end is in sight!
NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2021 #21 SCI FI SPECIAL! Reviews of Star Warrior: The Legend of Aciris (UK 2021), Creatures (UK 2021), Phase (UK 2021), Settlers (UK/South Africa 2021), White S...
Star Warrior: The Legend of Aciris (UK 2021: Dir Mark Dowie) In a 2020 podcast Gateshead based director Dowie listed the two actors he'd mo...
darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Here's six more British Fantastic Films from 2021, with the emphasis on sci fi. With only 18 films left to close off the year, the end is in sight!
My review of HEMMET aka THE HOME which screened at the SXSW film festival is up on the Bloody Flicks site.
Hemmet (SXSW 2025) review
By David Dent Mattias Johansson Skoglund’s debut feature as sole director is a superbly atmospheric movie, where the horror is located both naturally and supernaturally. Musician Joel (Philip Oros)…
bloody-flicks.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My review of HEMMET aka THE HOME which screened at the SXSW film festival is up on the Bloody Flicks site.
My review of REDUX REDUX. which played at SXSW 2025, is now up on the Bloody Flicks site.
Redux Redux (SXSW 2025) review
By David Dent A movie that comes on like The Terminator filtered through the wonky sci fi lens of Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, Kevin and Matthew McManus’s twisty, turny thriller focuses on Ire…
bloody-flicks.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
My review of REDUX REDUX. which played at SXSW 2025, is now up on the Bloody Flicks site.