Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom came out thirty years ago today. Blake Backlash suggest you read what he wrote about it… or Anything Goes.
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Category Archives: Cult Movies
King Kong – The Stolen God
Yesterday, Mr Moth talked about the foundation of the King Kong myth. Today he concludes with a look at the reinvention and retelling of it in later years.
King Kong – The Eighth Wonder
In the first of two posts, Mr Moth examines the enduring legacy of Hollywood’s greatest monster, King Kong.
Miyazaki Trifles
Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, The Wind Rises, is the centrepiece of the BFI’s celebration of the work of a master animator this April. So we, and in places MostlyFilm: The Next Generation*, wanted to talk about our favourite films from Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli.
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Phantom of the Paradise
Brian de Palma’s cult musical – a riff on Phantom of the Opera, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Faust – is reissued in a typically spiffy new Blu-ray edition by Arrow Films today. Blake Backlash takes a look.
I Was Wrong!
Ever seen a film and fallen volently in love with it, only to fall violently out of love next time you see it, or even before you see it again, to the extent that the mere mention of its name makes you seethe? Ever shrugged the first time, only to find a film won’t let you go. MostlyFilm certainly has, and some of our finest minds, after the jump, will tell their stories of the times THEY WERE WRONG.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Jim Eaton-Terry is charmed by the 50th anniversary reissue of Jacques Demy’s classic New Wave musical
Natan – Part 2
Part 2 of David Cairns’ recounting of the strange story of Bernard Natan. Part 1 was published yesterday.
Natan – Part 1
MostlyFilm regular Paul Duane, who has written about his films Barbaric Genius and Very Extremely Dangerous in these pages, has teamed up with the most excellent David Cairns to make an acclaimed documentary about the once-notorious, now obscure, Bernard Natan, which will receive its English premiere this weekend. In this 2-part essay (the 2nd part will be published tomorrow), David recounts the whole strange story.
None More Obscure
In which the, occasionally unreliable, occasional series about films you’ve never heard of returns, loses track of its numbering scheme, and admits that “gems” might be pushing it sometimes.
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