Walter Matthau, man of action?

The series of ten Martin Beck novels written by Swedish husband and wife Per Wahlöö and Maj Sjöwall between 1965 and 1975 are not entirely conventional mysteries. They are police procedurals which focus on the tedious sifting of facts and clues which may or may not lead anywhere, in which accident and coincidence often abruptly […]

Blasts from the past

Truffles, a blood-fuelled car, zombies and a family in retreat from the modern world: recent viewing

David Lynch: The Art Life (2016): Criterion Blu-ray review

Criterion Blu-ray review: Kenji Mizoguchi’s The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

The rise of boutique DVDs: The Flipside

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