Dirk’s Five – Forbidden Cinema
In a hidden corner of The National Archaeological Museum in Naples is the Gabinetto Segreto, the cabinet of secrets, where the more saucy artifacts recovered from Pompeii are stored. Visits […]
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CHRIS: Gohatto (Taboo/Forbidden) (Oshima, Japan, 1999)
When I started at college, I joined the Film Society and was very quickly on the committee, which was still trying to deal with the backlash from the year before […]
Starburst Memories: Vanity Fair Hollywood Special
“So tonight, enjoy yourselves, because nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.” Billy Crystal – at the […]
Dirk’s Five – Best Picture Oscar of the Star Wars Era
This is a rare Friday Five that has been brought to you from Dom Dirk in recognition of this week’s Academy Awards celebrations over in that there America. It is […]
CHRIS: Adaptation (Jonze, US, 2002)
About ten years ago I had an idea for a film. It was set in Thatcher’s Britain (the early 80s) where two young lads are trying to raise money for […]
Dirk’s Five – Stop Press
Rupert Murdoch is flying over to Britain to rescue the foundations of his empire that are crumbling under the weight of accusations of corruption and shady practice, his staff are […]
Starburst Memories: Visual Dictionary – redressing the balance.
DOM: Citizen Kane (Welles,US,1941)
“Rosebud” , a bit of an obvious one this, but as Derek Malcolm went for Touch Of Evil, I have decided to go for Welles most revered work, his first. […]
Dirk’s Five – Creepy Kids
THE INNOCENTS proves that, if you want to create terror in your audience then there is nothing better than to appeal to their innate pedophobia. There’s something wicked about the […]
STARBURST MEMORIES: Little White Lies – Apocalypse Now
This may seem an odd edition to the Starburst Memories slot, given that it was only published recently, the dust has only just managed to settle on Dirk’s archive edition, […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 