The Heroic Trio (1993)

I always understood that The Heroic Trio (1993) was one to see, ever since seeing clips of it in Olivier Assayas’ Irma Vep (it’s featured as one of the films that convinces the director character played by Jean-Pierre Leaud to cast Maggie Cheung in his remake of Les Vampires). A Hong Kong action adventure thriller, […]

Deadbeat At Dawn (1988)

Deadbeat At Dawn (1988) is a splatter-punk symphony on a beer can budget. Directed, written, and starring Jim Van Bebber, a film school drop-out who put everything into this low-budget action flick, even choreographing the fights and stunts. With gang members in ripped denim and head-bands, sporting switch-blades and nunchaka, this movie has been compared […]

August In The Water (1995)

I often think about if there are movies that encapsulate a music genre. Like plenty of movies might feature yacht rock in the soundtrack, but is there a movie that is the equivalent of a yacht rock song? Synthwave feels encapsulated by neo-noir throwbacks, metal by fantasy and horror. When it comes to ambient music, […]

Issue 19: Feelings

Feelings, nothing more than feelings… VHS Tracking dedicates its new issue to all of the “Feelings.” An A5 fold-out double-paged zine of movie recommendations with risograph printing from Neighbourhood Press.Cover is wonderful artwork by Astro Morphs based on the film, Kes. Contributing writers include: Adam Trainer, Drew Krapljanov, Marysia Crisafio, Dwayne Tillman, Luke Keatinge, and […]

Fear Is The Key (1972)

Barry Newman is best known for playing the enigmatic driver in the car chase movie Vanishing Point, and I also know him playing Peter Fonda’s security man several decades later in Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey. To see him play a tough guy role like in Fear Is The Key (1972), he is wiry and compact, […]