Abnormal Family: Older Brother’s Bride (1984)
I love that pink cinema can be a place where careers begin rather than end. More specifically, I love that pink cinema can be a place where Yasujirô Ozu is lovingly paid tribute.
The best fight scene in cinema history
I now know, having only seen six minutes of The Instructor, that it is the greatest film ever made. Watch as karate king Bob Chaney delivers some of the most laboured kicks and punches captured on celluloid.
Woman Doctors aka Ärztinnen – Polish poster
I never attempt to hide my obsession with Czech film posters. They are so visually inventive and utterly distinctive. The below poster for 1984's Woman Doctors (Ärztinnen) is case in point.
Exterminator 2 (1984)
When we think about University professors, it’s not uncommon for images of d-grade 80s action films to accompany the thought. The two undeniably go hand-in-hand. And when we think about d-grade 80s action films, there is only one that understandably comes to mind… Mark Buntzman’s 1984 classic, ‘Exterminator 2’. In ‘Exterminator 2’ John Eastland is back, wielding his...
Over the Summer (1984)
OVER THE SUMMER 1984, dir: Teresa Sparks Some time around 2004 I became cripplingly panicked with fear. It was during the time I was beginning to cultivate a somewhat healthy DVD collection. I realised, as I searched for some of my favourite absurd movies on this several year old, yet fairly-new-to-me platform, that they...
