Runaway Train
July 30th, 2013 | by Matt McAllister
Runaway Train is an unusual hybrid indeed. A thunderous proto-Speed with exploitation trappings, it also works as an existential art
About Matt McAllister
I grew up raised on a diet of cheap sci-fi and bad comedies, which soon morphed into a foolish desire to see every movie in the world ever made. It also inspired me to write and direct my own epic movies Plantamania and Devonshire Crocodile which, alas, failed to spark a Nouvelle Vague style film revolution.
Author Archives: Matt McAllister
Oz: The Great and Powerful
March 8th, 2013 | by Matt McAllister
Sam Raimi has described his take on L. Frank Baum’s stories as a “love poem” to 1939’s masterful The Wizard
Sightseers
November 30th, 2012 | by Matt McAllister
Ben Wheatley is carving out a name for himself as one of the most interesting British filmmakers of the decade,
The Uninvited
October 12th, 2012 | by Matt McAllister
“This is horrible, unhealthy stuff!” someone declares midway through Lewis Allen’s 1944 shocker. The Uninvited doesn’t seem particularly horrible or
Kim Jee-Woon Interview: The Devil’s Advocate
December 5th, 2011 | by Matt McAllister
Along with Park Chan-Wook and Kim Ki-Duk, Kim Jee-Woon is one of the leading lights of New Korean Cinema. Moving
Secret Beyond the Door
December 4th, 2011 | by Matt McAllister
The rise of psychoanalysis and the experience of World War II meant that themes of psychological trauma, repression and madness
Hammett
November 14th, 2011 | by Matt McAllister
Wim Wenders’ first Hollywood outing after such Euro-hits as The American Friend and Kings of the Road is a colourful
Gregg Araki Interview: At World’s End
September 6th, 2011 | by Matt McAllister
With his cult hits The Living End and the ‘Teen Apocalypse Trilogy’ (Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation and Nowhere),
Conan the Barbarian
August 14th, 2011 | by Matt McAllister
Since his creation in the 1930s by prolific pulp writer Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbarian has been successfully rebooted
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
July 18th, 2011 | by Matt McAllister
Over the course of his career, Fritz Lang wrestled with many of society’s hot topics, including the perils of capitalism
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