As we get up & running again we thought we’d look at the initiatives that are supporting London’s indie film scene through this time of crisis. First up is a new streaming service from legendary film distributors Second Run On Demand.
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SIDESHOW PROJECT: ‘Token Homo’: The Complete Psychotronic Cinema Of David DeCoteau
RADIANT CIRCUS is launching a new sideshow project inspired by Kim Newman’s ‘Video Dungeon’. Over the next 12 months, we will try to see & blog about every film made by prolific North American director David DeCoteau. That’s c.135 features (& counting…). Here’s our plan of attack.
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SCREEN DIARY: THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG
Andrew Leavold launched his new book with a screening of THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG (2013) at The Horse Hospital — FRI 11 AUG 2017. Here’s our writeup.
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SCREEN DIARY: EVOLUTION
NOW SHOWING: EVOLUTION (2015) d. Lucile Hadžihalilović — DVD & On Demand. Here’s our writeup.
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SCREEN DIARY: KILLBILLIES (aka IDYLL)
HOME CINEMA: KILLBILLIES (2015) d. Tomaz Gorkic — On Demand. Here’s our writeup.
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WELP (aka CUB)
NOW SHOWING: WELP aka Cub — (2014) d. Jonas Govaerts — DVD & On Demand. Here’s our writeup.
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“DO IT ON THE RADIO”
Inspired by Jamie Lloyd’s production of KILLER at Shoreditch Town Hall, we thought we’d screen a brace of horror movies that – ahem – “do it on the radio”*. PONTYPOOL Not a zombie movie – (KNOW YOUR MONSTERS 101: marauding hordes don’t have to be the living dead to cause you considerable harm) – PONTYPOOL (2008) is something […]
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GODS OF EGYPT
(2016) 2hrs 6mins A Gerald Ratner fever-dream – complete with gaudy tat piled to the rafters, ambition far exceeding talent and a suicidal mea culpa – this miscast monstrosity could only have been stranger if Werner Herzog had turned up playing Ra (rather than Geoffrey bleeding Rush). Worth a watch when only batshit crazy will do.
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THE GREEN INFERNO
(2013) 1hr 40mins The inclusion of cast and crew Twitter handles in the closing credits of this contemporary cannibal horror show says much about its counterculture credentials. Palatable as a cartilage-crunching amuse-bouche for the transgressive Italian originals – handily referenced in the same scroll.
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
(2015) SEASON ONE, episodes 1-6 Like being sat with the “wrong” family on a Ryan Air flight to Corfu long after the pilot has requested seat belts be worn and electronic devices stowed due to unforeseen turbulence.
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