The Candidate

July 29, 2016Classic Films, Directors, PoliticsFuckface von Clownstick, Michael Ritchie, Robert Redford, The Candidate, US PoliticsMostlyFilm

As the US gears up for another presidential election, Fiona Pleasance watches a film about a blond outsider taking on the political establishment with unexpected success.

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Dr. Strangelove

July 27, 2016Classic Films, Directors, DVD, Home VideoCriterion, Dr Strangelove, Peter Sellers, phallic, Stanley KubrickGareth Negus

Gareth Negus learns to stop worrying and love the bomb, with the new Criterion Collection blu-ray.

strangelove1 — “Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here, this is the war room!”

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Silents Is Golden: The Complete Buster Keaton Shorts

July 25, 2016Actors, Classic Films, Comedy, DVD, Short Films, Silent FilmsBuster Keaton, Coney Island, One Week, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Slapstick, The PlayhousePhilip Concannon

Philip Concannon on a new Blu-ray edition of the complete Buster Keaton short films, on general release today.

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We Love 1986: Part 2

July 22, 2016Comedy, Cult Movies, Horror, Musicals1986, Clockwise, Crocodile Dundee, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Little Shop Of Horrors, Pretty In Pink, The 1980sMostlyFilm

As MostlyFilm’s 1986 week draws to a close, five more of our contributors share their favourite filmic memories of the year that also brought the world Robert Pattinson, Lindsay Lohan, the Olsen twins and Megan Fox. No, we didn’t think all those people were the same age either.

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We Love 1986: Part 1

July 20, 2016Animation, Best Of, Cult Movies, Science Fiction1986, 80s movies, Big Trouble In Little China, Heartburn, Highlander, Nora Ephron, Nuclear War, Scotsmen who aren't aliens no way, Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, The 1980s, The Shat, When The Wind BlowsMostlyFilm

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.

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I Hate 1986

July 19, 2016Historyaliens, Big Trouble In Little China, David Bowie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Highlander, John Carpenter, Labyrinth, Oscar The Grouch, Platoon, Pretty In Pink, Quentin Tarantino, Stand By Me, The Fly, Tony Scott, Top GunMostlyFilm

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…

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Cocoon at 30

July 18, 2016DVD, Science FictionCocoon, Ron Howard, sci fi, Steve Guttenberg, Topless Steve GuttenbergIndy Datta

It’s 1986 week here at MF Towers, where sometimes the present day is too grim to contemplate and we allow ourselves a period of reverie in the past. The fun kicks off with Indy Datta on today’s anniversary re-release of Cocoon.

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