Richard Donner’s massive contribution to my love of cinema

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the late Richard Donner’s career and pays tribute to a director who made millions fall in love with cinema… You’ll believe a man can fly! It was the promise which preceded the release of Superman, the first major movie adaptation of a comic book character. This was a key moment. … Read more

Extreme Cinema – Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, 1975. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.Starring Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto P. Quintavalle and Aldo Valletti. Pier Paolo Pasolini’s final film Salò (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, 1975) is based on the Marquis de Sade’s novel 120 Days of Sodom. Instead of France, the story is … Read more

Extreme Cinema – Gaspar Noe’s Love

Love, 2015. Directed by Gaspar Noé.Starring Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman and Klara Kristin. SYNOPSIS: Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbour into their bed. With the release of … Read more

Extreme Cinema – Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible

Irreversible, 2002. Directed by Gaspar Noé.Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, and Albert Dupontel. Irreversible (2002) features strong language, sex, violence and sexual violence in its tale of a woman raped in a subway and whose boyfriend and ex-lover seek a bloody revenge on her attacker. When shown at the Cannes Film Festival, the graphic violence … Read more