Pretty Poison (1968)

Lols (Demy, 1961)

Choose Me (Rudolph, 1984)

‘Most religions believe that by crying, "Lord, Lord!" often enough, they can contrive to enter the kingdom of heaven. A flock of trained parrots could just as readily cry the same thing with just as little chance of success.’
- The Devils (Russell, 1971)

How its going

What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes proved formative. The despair, mental anguish & the grim, black comedic prowess Hill brought to Yosser left its mark on a country reeling from economic barbarity & cruel politics. A yardstick performance to all that has followed. RIP Bernard

Karlson’s ‘The Phenix City Story’ (1955) goes hard.

Fuck it, we both die
Ferrari (2023)

I like to think that on a parallel world Graham Green’s vengeance spirit of Clearcut (1991) went on to fulfil a movie universe where he was conjured up to terrorise, kidnap and skin corporate magnates before disappearing again in the nearest body of water as the police close in.

Not heard much about Ducournau’s next film, there were rumblings last year of a project with A24, but after my rewatch of Raw (2016) it can’t come soon enough. Body horror at its finest