jonathan glen Archive

Illumination DVD Review

Illumination is a tricky one. In many ways absolutely absurd and nigh on impossible to comprehend but in others it is a complex and innovative work that tells a simple story of a man searching for enlightenment. However if you are no way interested in the variety and experimentation of Eastern European cinema you should [...]
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Free Fall DVD Review

Stephan Lacant examines the German police force as one of those last bastions where a form of close-minded masculinity continues to breed. Femininity is barely accepted but homosexuality is not mentioned even in whispers, not without schoolboy sensibilities anyway. Lacant throws a cat amongst the pigeons and asks systemic questions about the police force’s reaction [...]
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Kiss Of The Damned DVD Review

There has been a recent resurgence of quality, innovative horror films that are making their own noise while drawing respectfully from the classics of the genre. James Wan has been at the forefront of this movement with Insidious 1 & 2 and The Conjuring. Israeli filmmakers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado have drawn the attention [...]
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What Maisie Knew DVD Review

You would be forgiven for being unconcerned about the first world problems of Maisie (Onata Aprile), both her parents are well off and she wants for nothing, materially anyway.
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Il Bidone DVD Review

Not much less than 8 1/2years before Federico Fellini’s most revered work came his blackly comic tale of morality Il Bidone (The Swindle). Though it is an occasionally light-hearted affair, this follow-up to his breakthrough film La Strada is an intensely analytical piece, exploring the depths of human guilt and highlighting the great divisions in [...]
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The Conjuring DVD Review

Pay attention horror fans, James Wan is back. The man who gave us Saw (2004) (fortunately he is not tainted with the latter instalments, he stopped writing/directing them after the third) and Insidious (2010) has returned with his latest offering, The Conjuring and it is certainly up to his previously high standards.
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