Author: VHS Tracking
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Broken Mirrors (1984)
Broken Mirrors (1984) is a bleak and powerful drama with two narrative strands, the inner workings of a brothel called Club Happy House, and a man whose face we don’t see kidnapping and murdering women off the street. Part of the viewing experience is the tension around when these two strands might intersect, but more than… Read.
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Issue 29: Fantasy
The mist clears. There’s a stir in the lake. A hand arises from the water, outstretched with a glowing object. A sword? No, a glass chamber containing a new VHS Tracking zine. Behold – The Fantasy Issue! In this A5 sized, double sided, two page, fold-out publication, we traverse the celluloid landscape for the genre… Read.
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Issue 28: Cinemas
“We come to this place… for magic”, to quote our Nicole (Kidman, in the American theatre chain ads for AMC). For Issue 28 of VHS Tracking zine, CINEMAS is our topic and the featured writers approach this hallowed ground with personal memories and stories to share, recommending not so much specific films but the cinemas… Read.
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Trash Classics: Program 10
The Trash is back! Trash Classics are cult movie screenings, held on the last Friday of each month. Program 10 runs from February to July at Luna Leederville. Hosted by VHS Tracking. Friday 27 February: TROLL 2 (1990), the first Trash Classic returns! Friday 27 March: MANNEQUIN (1987) Friday 24 April: EXISTENZ (1999), co-presented with… Read.
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Matador (1986)
Pedro Almodovar’s film, Matador, has a provocative opening salvo, with the character of Diego Montes (Nacho Martinez) sitting alone at home, masturbating in a chair to clips of murder and death scenes from slashers and giallo thrillers (I was delighted to recognise the Jess Franco film, Bloody Moon, in the mix). Shifting from this conflation of auto-erotic… Read.
