Yesterday we brought you Paul Duane’s takedown of (almost) everything 1986 has to offer the dedicated cineaste, so today we redress the balance with some of our contributors’ favourite memories of the year that saw the birth of Pixar, Ghibli and The Simpsons, though the animated film we’ve selected below is a little less cheery than any of those.
1986 week continues at MostlyFilm Towers, where over the next few days we’ll be wishing a happy 30th birthday to some of our contributors’ favourite films. But first, Paul Duane has something he needs to get off his chest…
Paul Duane on Howard Brookner’s 1983 portrait of William Burroughs, released today in a new blu-ray restoration from Criterion.
Kate le Vann on the latest addition to Criterion’s UK blu-ray catalogue: 1941 supernatural body-swap romcom Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
Folk tradition is challenged by a young pretender as Sheila Stewart and Aidan Moffat go head-to-head in Paul Fegan’s new documentary. Peter Morgan goes along for the ride.
Paul Duane watches the latest release in the Criterion Collection: Stuart Cooper’s haunting 1975 war epic Overlord.
KittyKarate reviews an Unimpressively Multi-Audienced In-Cinema Screen-Watching Film.
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Paul Duane is rewarded by a re-watch of In A Lonely Place, the latest Criterion Collection title to be re-released on blu-ray.
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