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“Stuart Gordon’s enduring splatter classic riffs on many genres and defies logic, symbolic of most independent features from the '80s horror explosion, but supercharged by exceedingly well-written dialogue, "Re-Animator" ameliorates far above its counterparts. Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s classic te” read more

“Concluding the "Dead" franchise that began decades earlier, George A. Romero's "Day of the Dead" is a marginal improvement on many of the less developed areas of the prior entries. A number of intriguing building blocks are connected with residuum, as if the characters in "Dawn of the Dead" exist wi” read more

“Nostalgia abounds John Ford's glitteringly perfect adaptation of a Maurice Walsh story he acquired the rights for in 1946. "The Quiet Man" is Ford's broadly comic, inherently charming foray into blarney that never once mocks or feels bogus, even if the setting of Inisfree was entirely fictional. In ” read more

“Noteworthy for its detached, delusory setting and characterised by express shifts in light and colour, "Suspiria" accurately captures the visceral perception and sensation of a nightmare, which in this context centres on witchcraft. In part inspired by the vivid hand-drawn cut-out animation of "Snow” read more

“Creating a pervasive, pernicious atmosphere within a film should be akin to experiencing a lucid dream that upon recollection, remains visually familiar, but more or less inscrutable. Such an experience is not extremely rare in cinema, but it is largely uncommon. If one returns to the aforementioned” read more

“HIGH NOON, Paramount, 1952. Dir. Fred Zinnemann. Perf. Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Lloyd Bridges. Review by Dominic Note: First-time viewers are”

“An uproarious, enthralling and erratic low-brow performance art amalgamation of vividly-coloured punk and kitsch, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is Jim Sharman's wildly entertaining musical filled with delightfully wacky characters and melodious music. Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the sweet transvestite fro” read more

“Paving the way for Christopher Nolan's fully-realised noir conceit of crime-riddled Gotham, Tim Burton's "Batman Returns" trounces every preceding version of the Caped Crusader's expansive sandbox. Gotham, as realised by Burton, is stylistically and visually reminiscent of German Expressionist cinem” read more

Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2020) (100 movies items)

"1. Blade Runner [Final Cut] (1982, Ridley Scott) 2. The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme) 3. Some Like It Hot (1959, Billy Wilder) 4. Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch) 5. One Flew Over the "

“Disarmingly charming to the hilt, George Roy Hill's revisionist take on the western centres on two friends, one skilled, the other smart, operating as leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall gang. With their tradition now falling out of fashion with the public at the turn of the Century, the bandits are con” read more

“Taking an entirely sardonic attitude in its depiction of the west, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is the final instalment in Sergio Leone's unofficial Dollars trilogy. "A Fistful of Dollars" and "For A Few Dollars More" were unequivocally episodic and exponentially expelled to classic status by Cl” read more