Hidden Gem: Trouble Every Day
Lengthy silences, anatomical fetishizing, sexual cannibalism. A discomfiting film that confounds genre, ‘Trouble Every Day’ is our latest Hidden Gem…
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[Hidden Gem] ‘A Werewolf Boy’: The Beautiful South Korean Fantasy-Romance You Should See
A beautiful piece of filmmaking that demonstrates supernatural romance can be taken seriously as a genre.
Hidden Gem: Deep End
One of the first things you notice on the DVD cover for the BFI’s restored edition of Jerzy Skolimowski’s Deep End is John Moulder Brown’s bared buttocks. Beneath him is the beautiful Jane Asher, more pleased than you’ll remember her
Hidden Gem: Van Diemen’s Land
‘Van Diemen’s Land’ is a dark, brooding, gothic tale, and an excellent example of original Australian filmmaking. Read on to find out why…
Hidden Gem: The Hudsucker Proxy
Visually dazzling and packed with hilarious ideas, The Hudsucker Proxy is a pitch perfect pastiche of 1950s screwball comedies with a surreal Coen touch…
Hidden Gem: Dancing Outlaw
Written by Siân Darling. Dancing Outlaw (1991) came into my view as a bootleg VHS recorded off the West Virginia Public Broadcasting Service. Directed by Jacob Young, it was part of the Different Drummer documentary series. This documentary follows Jesco
Hidden Gem: The American Astronaut
Written by Siân Darling. Don’t expect to get too deep, even in space, with The American Astronaut (2001). I searched for satire and I measured the metaphors, and aside from the noteworthy gender separations in this fictional space, I now
Hidden Gem: Margaret (2011)
Written by Siân Darling. Margaret (2011), released seven years after being shot in New York, is Kenneth Lonergan’s anticipated second directing release following his celebrated and Oscar-nominated, You Can Count on Me (2000). The delayed release was caused by Lonergan’s
