Another farewell to a long-running strand, it’s Mr Moth with the final Mostly Pop.
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King of the Hell
We’re in a good period for fans of Stephen King movies – The Dark Tower was released a week or two ago and a new adaptation of IT arrives next week, with the concept of a linked cinematic universe being bandied about. We decided to write about our favourite pre-SKEU King adaptations…
Shin Godzilla
Godzilla is back, and doing what it does best: embodying Japanese anxieties about nuclear annihilation. Spank The Monkey approves. (Of Godzilla, obviously, not of nuclear annihilation.)
MostlyFilm’s best of 2016 – Music
This week MostlyFilm is looking back on 2016 – the cultural year, rather than the cavalcade of horrors which have replaced “news”. To start with, let’s talk music…
MostlyFilm’s 2016 Preview
To round off our week of MostlyFilm oldies, we revisit Indy Datta‘s 2016 film preview from the start of the year. Well, we called the impact of Arrival and Sight & Sound Top 10 film Nocturama, even if we didn’t have the titles right at the time.
Björk Digital at Somerset House
Indy Datta straps on the VR headset for a technologically bleeding-edge interpretation of the Icelandic musician’s bruising 2015 breakup album, Vulnicura.
Dream is Destiny
Indy Datta revisits Waking Life, now available on Bluray from Arrow Video.
The Ones Below
Viv Wilby finds this thriller about north London neighbours overstuffed with allusions and ultimately underwhelming
Monoglot Movie Club: The Ministry Of Happiness
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Dubai, February 2016.
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Shortly Oscars 2016
It’s that time of year again. Spank the Monkey and Indy Datta take a look at this year’s Oscar nominated short films after the jump.
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