“They burned with brilliant intensity; an intensity that couldn’t be sustained.” Mike Pinnington on The Velvet Underground, and how a new Criterion Collection release captures their story alongside the hyperbole… In his expansive...
Twenty years ago marked the arrival of the first of the visceral Vengeance Trilogy. Now, with the streaming release of his latest film, Decision to Leave, we take a look at six of...
Mike Pinnington willingly follows filmmakers Moorhead & Benson down the rabbit hole of their latest film, Something In The Dirt… Maybe you’re an aficionado of esoteric so-called wyrd fiction, or a Marvel Cinematic...
“Scary, sexy and pretty fucking cool.” With Christopher Frayling’s new book on the subject as his guide, Mike Pinnington takes a look at a century in vampire cinema… As a goth, I was a...
“When you make a work of art, you want people to have an experience.” Mike Pinnington speaks with filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins about Like a Huge Scotland, a new immersive film installation...
“It feels daring, thrilling almost, in this age of ‘content’, to not have all the details laid out for us like breadcrumbs.” Mike Pinnington reviews Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s oneiric latest film, Earwig… Almost every frame...
She burst onto cinema screens in memorable fashion. Today, though, on the eve of the release of her first feature film, Franka Potente is happier behind the camera, finds Mike Pinnington… If I...
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has been much hyped and anticipated. But does it strike the right balance between epic and earnest? Mike Pinnington reviews the unwieldy beast that has slayed more than one big name...
At the beginning of the twenty first century, director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Amores Perros was in the vanguard of a new wave of Mexican Cinema. Since then, a steady stream of filmmakers have enjoyed...