Author: VHS Tracking
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Winter Light (1963)
Continuing my education into the work of director Ingmar Bergman, I picked Winter Light (1963; Nattvardsgästerna) to watch next. Mostly on the basis that it’s one of the big inspirations for Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. In that movie, it was a struggling priest dealing with a suicidal parishoner obsessed with climate change apocalypse – here,… Read.
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Elevator To The Gallows (1958)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958; Ascenseur pour l’echafaud) is a French film noir directed by Louis Malle that doesn’t waste any time, introducing its adulterous lovers – Julien (Maurice Ronet) and Florence (Jeanne Moreau) – on the phone in gorgeous close ups plotting the murder of her husband, his boss. Getting straight into this carefully… Read.
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Issue 12: Best Films Of The 2010s
VHS Tracking Issue 12 is finally completed! The theme: ‘Best Cinema of the 2010s’. Many different writers have contributed fantastic words about their favourite movies from this decade, which fills two fold out A3 pieces of paper. Terrific riso printing by the wonderful team at Neighbourhood Press. Design and layout by the wickedly talented Sally… Read.
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Gloria (1980)
The first time I saw John Cassavetes’ Gloria (1980) as a teenager I was like “I don’t know, it’s okay; not enough action scenes.” Watching it again, there is enough action scenes. However, the true action is not the shoot outs or any gun play – it’s more the indomitable Gena Rowlands herself. As the… Read.
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New Rose Hotel (1998)
New Rose Hotel (1998) is based on a William Gibson short story but is pretty low-tech in terms of being anything cyberpunk. For director Abel Ferrara (of Bad Lieutenant and King Of New York), it’s more about the raw emotions surrounding what is basically a classic noir plot – a honey trap designed to secure… Read.
