Author: VHS Tracking
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She Killed In Ecstasy (1971)
SBS OnDemand do offer some classic cult fare and old gems to stream, not a world away from the great tradition of Saturday Night Cult Movies (though you do have to deal with a few ads that usually pop up during the middle of scenes annoyingly, making me nostalgic for how network TV cut ads… Read.
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Solaris (1972)
Some nights in movie-watching, I strive for a double feature or heck, even a triple feature. Other nights, you’ve gotta give that entire evening to a three hour epic arthouse classic and so it was that I finally sat down with Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris (1972). I liked the Soderbergh version (love the Cliff Martinez soundtrack)… Read.
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The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972)
The post Easy Rider era of 1970s American cinema was a mythologised time when major studios produced depressing dramas about losers (though mainly white male losers). Fitting right into that sub-genre is The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972), which was director Bob Rafelson reuniting with Jack Nicholson after the success of Five Easy Pieces; I’d… Read.
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Ace In The Hole (1951)
While it might seem quaint in comparison to today’s media landscape, Billy Wilder’s Ace In The Hole (1951; aka The Big Carnival) still bristles with cynicism. Kirk Douglas sinks his teeth (and chin cleft) into the role of Chuck Tatum, an alcoholic journalist stuck working in a small town newspaper in Albuquerque. When sent on… Read.
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The Brood (1979)
After hearing Edgar Wright talk on a podcast about how disturbing the school teacher scene was in David Cronenberg’s The Brood (1979), I was compelled to finally watch it, which you can too if you have access to SBS OnDemand (along with another Cronenberg classic, Scanners). Fuelled by Cronenberg’s own divorce at the time, this… Read.
