Dirk’s Five – Wierdos with Beards
One important factor marks Raymond Lemorne from THE VANISHING as a psychotic wierdo: a neatly trimmed beard. Neat beards are the mark of strangeness. If you need any proof that […]
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Starburst Memories: Objects of Desire (Part One)
This week’s guest publication has been provided by Dom. Its a copy of FAMOUS MONSTERS (number 160) published January 1980. Despite its title and its history of featuring monsters from […]
CHRIS: Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (Sluizer, Netherlands/France, 1988)
A young woman disappears from a busy motorway service station leaving her boyfriend puzzled. He spends years compulsively searching for leads that can explain how it happened and where she […]
Dirk’S Five – Confined Spaces
Dom – Dirk rightly attributes the power of 12 ANGRY MEN to the powerful performances from the ensemble cast, however it is the setting of the Jury room that intensifies […]
Starburst Memories: Barry Pickles Review of the Eighties
The monthly Dirk Malcolm Film Club goes something like this: A catch up for an hour on what we have been up to – books we’ve read, people we’ve seen […]
DOM: 12 Angry Men (Lumet, US, 1957)
When Sidney Lumet died a few weeks ago, I automatically went for this film. When you think of Lumet you think of acting, great acting Rod Steiger in “The Pawnbroker”, […]
Dirk’s Five – Marxism
Following DUCK SOUP, we have some choice cuts from The Marx Brothers. Dom-Dirk has provided what he considers to be the best 4 Marx moments and 1 duff one. HOORAY! […]
Starburst Memories: Cult Movies by Danny Peary
DUCK SOUP brought to mind, the book “Cult Movies” by Danny Peary. Published in 1981, it remains an important book in the film canon as it gave serious, passionate insight […]
DOM: Duck Soup (McCarey,US,1933)
I was a little shocked in Derek Malcolm’s choice that he chose The Marx Brother’s “A Night At The Opera”, but he gave me a chance to choose their best! […]
Dirk’s Five – Men in Monster Suits
This week, there was a faux-heated debate in THE GUARDIAN between two fathers over the scares in the recent series of Dr Who, suggesting that they are now too frightening […]
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