Remaking and undoing horror

For some reason, I just watched Zack Snyder’s remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004). I’d seen it when it first came out and found it pointless, but since then have discovered an odd, inexplicable appeal in Snyder’s work. He’s a lousy storyteller, with little sense of narrative pacing, but has an undeniable talent for […]

Blasts from the past

DVD diary: another eclectic week – part one

Steve McQueen’s Small Axe (2020): Criterion Blu-ray review

The Pathology of Power:
Elio Petri’s Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Basil Dearden, Humphrey Jennings, and the fires of London

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