Chime (2024)

After I watched Chime (2024) at home, I started washing up dishes in the kitchen and felt a rising pressure in my head. At 45 minutes length and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Chime builds tension with no release. Obviously its short length might preclude a fuller narrative experience, more time given to understand what’s going […]

Christmas Evil (1980)

Christmas Evil (1980) is John Waters’ favourite Christmas movie. It’s easy to see why, as the film’s New Jersey suburban setting is not far away from the Baltimore depicted in Waters’ films: there’s something miserable mixed within the campiness. Christmas Evil is less of a slasher than Silent Night Deadly Night, more of a cross […]

Erin Coates – Night Of The Living Dead

VHS Tracking Presents:Night Of The Living Dead (1968) presented by Erin CoatesWednesday 11 December 2024 6:30pmGoolugatup Heathcote Night Of The Living Dead (1968) Though there had been movies featuring “zombies” before, Night Of The Living Dead (1968) is undoubtedly the template for how we cinematically understand zombies, birthing a sub-genre in horror. Night Of The Living […]

The Bride Wore Black (1968)

A bride – named Julie Kohler and played by Jeanne Moreau as a focused, unwavering huntress – swears revenge against the five men responsible for the murder of her beloved, shot on the steps of a church during their wedding day. Adapted from a novel by Cornell Woolrich and directed by Francois Truffaut, The Bride […]

Drug War (2012)

Of the Johnnie To movies I’ve seen, they often work in a macho register like Michael Mann movies, focusing on professionals and process. As an action thriller, the main driver for Drug War (2012) is surveillance, as drug enforcement police in China get wind of a deal happening. One member of a drug syndicate, Timmy […]