Written by: Karl Franks With my choices, as always, I have highlighted some lesser known gems. At times reflecting my huge passion for low and …

Japanese auteur Takashi Miike exploded into international consciousness back in 1999 with the bold, unique, controversial, and shocking “Audition“. After well over 100 films many, …

Written by: Karl Franks With it being Halloween it seemed the perfect time for a long overdue first ever double-bill of John Carpenter‘s seminal masterpiece …

Takashi Miike is quite deservedly regarded as one of the all-time great film-makers, described by Quentin Tarantino as “the godfather of ultra-violent, get under your …

“LOVE, SEX, AND DEATH IN BERLIN!!!! A TRIO OF HORRIFIC TALES FROM THREE OF GERMANY’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILM-MAKERS.” Jörg Buttgereit, Michal Kosakowski, and Andreas Marschall …

“Schneeflöckchen” (“Snowflake“) is the award winning debut feature film from German based Venezuelan director Adolfo J. Kolmerer & William James, filmed over the course of …

The debut feature film co-written and co-directed by Dutch film-makers Lennert Hillege & Guido van Driel is an uncompromising, realistic, character study of a self-destructive …

Finally in 2018 a sequel to “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” was announced after failed attempts to get “Clerks” and “Mallrats” sequels greenlit, for …

Written by: Karl Franks I have chosen to cheat slightly by including some films initially released in 2018 as they were not released in the …

The “Joker” is quite possibly the definitive comic book movie/TV villain. Caesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill, Heath Ledger, and Jared Leto all brought a …