Since you seem to be on a bit of a Charles Bronson kick - have you considered Hard Times (1975) for the Boxing Movie Podcast? Not strictly a legitimate look at the sport, but it arguably has a little bit of overlap.
As this (hopefully) means new Boards Of Canada material is on the way, here's my article from a few years back in which I try (and generally fail) to adequately explain the sinister brilliance of their 2002 masterpiece 'Geogaddi':
diaboliquemagazine.com/into-the-inf...
Very highly recommend this video from the excellent @thebookubus.bsky.social celebrating Ken Greenhall - a subtle, elegant and often overlooked writer of genuinely unsettling and quietly unique horror fiction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6H4...
I recently made a guest appearance on the Modern Horror Podcast to discuss Prano Bailey-Bond's excellent 2021 film CENSOR (with a bit of general Video Nasty chat too).
You can find it here, and probably wherever else you like to get your podcasts from, too:
open.spotify.com/episode/1nUg...
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN is 50 this month, remaining both brilliant and crushingly relevant.
My old piece for its 45th anniversary is here: film-cred.com/all-the-pres...
Or just bask in the understated one-take genius of the Dahlberg call here (from 03:17 onwards):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmLN...
Side by Side: ‘Inferno’ (1980, Dario Argento) / ‘The Great Muppet Caper’ (1981, Jim Henson)
This may be the greatest shot-comparison post of all time, Nate. My ghast is truly flabbered.
john waters at a No Kings rally in Provincetown
(not my pic, Peter Toto, x)
Didn't see one at the cinema until Tomorrow Never Dies, but vividly remember my first Bond exposure - being terrified by an early sequence in Octopussy seen on TV as a young child (the bit where another 00 agent gets chased through the forest by knife-throwing twins, while dressed as a clown).
Fantastic in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City, too!
Illustrated poster for The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976). Against a deep blue background, a white illustration shows an enlarged drawing of David Bowie's face, looking grave and dapper in an old-fashioned hat. He seems to be fading into a view of mountains and a lake, his head at the top of an inverted triangle, the point of which leads to a small, tottering figure at the bottom of the image. Bowie's name and the film title are in yellow, with the rest of the cast and crew listed in white.
50 years ago today, Nicolas Roeg's remarkable, haunting film of 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' was released in the UK.
While Bowie inevitably gains the most attention with an iconic performance, he has absolutely terrific support from Rip Torn, Buck Henry, and a fantastic Candy Clark.
Great double bill as well!
Vintage first edition copy of Walter Tevis's novel The Man Who Fell To Earth. The cover shows two gaunt, stylised skeletons against a black background, one holding up a skeletal hand to hold an eye over the empty socket of his skull. They look both vulnerable and a little sinister. The word 'Fell' in the title seems to be crumbling, as if the whole thing were on the verge of collapse. It cost 2'6 to buy in old British money.
It's also well worth celebrating Walter Tevis's 1963 source novel, which is characteristically terse and quietly devastating. The sort of tale that leaves a residue of terrible sadness in your bones that can never quite be shifted again.
Illustrated poster for The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976). Against a deep blue background, a white illustration shows an enlarged drawing of David Bowie's face, looking grave and dapper in an old-fashioned hat. He seems to be fading into a view of mountains and a lake, his head at the top of an inverted triangle, the point of which leads to a small, tottering figure at the bottom of the image. Bowie's name and the film title are in yellow, with the rest of the cast and crew listed in white.
50 years ago today, Nicolas Roeg's remarkable, haunting film of 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' was released in the UK.
While Bowie inevitably gains the most attention with an iconic performance, he has absolutely terrific support from Rip Torn, Buck Henry, and a fantastic Candy Clark.
Looking forward to listening to this - Ross MacDonald is a writer I've been meaning to try for ages and just not got round to it.
Videodrome for me. Or, if I'm in the mood to be utterly emotionally ravaged, The Brood.
Incredible work from the Prince Charles Cinema - extremely strongly seconding that these are among the best thrillers ever made. They really reward attentive viewings and are endlessly brilliant.
For a bonus episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast I spoke to Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka about the upcoming season of #boxing films being screened at the BFI Southbank across the month of April. You can listen to our conversation now, on the all the major podcast platforms.
#moviesky #filmsky
Fantastic support set in Nottingham (Mogwai were wonderful too)!
Agreed, it's so depressing the way soulless AI corporate slop seems to be invading absolutely everything at the moment. (Their podcast names are terrible, too - if this is 'the future' why is it so obviously shit at it?)
When my wife told me about this, I thought "That'll be right up Steve's street!" They should definitely get you on to introduce some of them, they're really missing a trick there.
A close-up shot of a small boy and a burly man, crouching behind an armoured pram and staring intently into the distance with looks of furious concentration on their faces.
A beautiful dark-haired woman lies across a sofa or bed (not sure which), an enigmatic expression on her face. Her hands appear to have sharp claws and fur, which is tearing the fabric she lies on.
An illustration of a striking face staring directly at the viewer. Although the features are roughly humanoid, the skin is blue, the large eyes are red, the ear are like crinkled fins, and they are quite bald.
A woman stands to the left of the black and white picture, an expression of calculating triumph on her face as she towers over a television screen showing a middle-aged male politician. In the background behind her are television cameras and reporters.
I've done a bit of spring cleaning on my LinkTree.
There's a whole archive of articles & episodes on Thrillers, Horrors and Cult Films for your enjoyment, if you fancy a look:
linktr.ee/JohnnyRestall
A few teasers in the pictures below, with much much more available...
Absolutely - I adored Johnny Corncob and the shorts too, it's a fantastic package.
Apologies for crashing the conversation but just wanted to say I recently watched Son of the White Mare and loved it! Excellent news on the Danger Diabolik release too, superb work!
Outstanding film!
A genuinely peculiar and unique film that doesn't get talked about enough - highly recommended if fancy a wild mashup of Eating Raoul, David Lynch and Matinee. (Why wouldn't you?)
Some classics already covered, so I'll throw in G vs. Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla. All-action paranoid 70s fun, and Mechagodzilla is a great villain!
Does anyone have suggestions for a good platform to self-publish articles (without building your own website from scratch)? I'm aware of Substack, Blogger etc., just wondered if there were any others you might recommend...
Happy to report that my wife read and loved Toadhead. Looking forward to getting round to reading it myself soon...
ALICE (1988): Czech genius Jan Švankmajer's stop-motion adaptation takes Lewis Carroll's already nightmarish book and transforms it into a surreal masterpiece. Don't have nightmares!
