The Big Racket (1976)

If you start watching Poliziotteschi from the 1970s, or Eurocrime movies where they attempt to go further than Dirty Harry and Death Wish, there’s always going to be some heinous shit in there in terms of the violence and sleaziness. The Big Racket (1976; Il Grande Racket) has that and more, but it is one […]

Four Nights Of A Dreamer (1971)

Potential sub-genre: movies where people wander around a city at night and find some sense of magic. Robert Bresson is a big name when it comes to Arthouse filmmakers (I’ve only seen Pickpocket) but Four Nights Of A Dreamer (1971; Quatre nuits d’un rêveur) is a title that doesn’t come up so much in discussion. […]

White Star (1983)

White Star (1983) was a film I was trying to track down endlessly. Ever since I read about it in a Joe Bob Briggs Top 5 Dennis Hopper performances that he penned in the Eighties. No Blu-Ray release, not on any streaming service – well, turns out all I had to do was type “Dennis […]

Quintet (1979)

I was always intrigued by the existence of Quintet (1979), a poorly-reviewed box office flop and low point in both director Robert Altman and actor Paul Newman’s careers. As a kid leafing through my Mum’s Paul Newman books, the idea of a sci-fi flick about a death game sounded great, but this was before the […]

The Sacrifice (1986)

The Sacrifice (1986; Offret) was one of Nathan Beard’s answers for ‘What movie would you want to watch when the world ends?’ when we held the VHS Tracking – Live event for Blue Room Theatre a year or so ago. I always had it in mind to watch because of that, alongside my ongoing journey […]