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To anyone who has ever followed this blog, in part or in whole, there is bad news and good news. The bad news is that this is the last post … Continue reading
Why no new posts?
Thank you if you have recently subscribed to receive notification of any new activity on RantBit.com – but you may have noticed that there are only old posts here now. This … Continue reading
Jeremy Saulnier on GREEN ROOM
After writing and directing the self-financed, darkly comic cult film Murder Party (2007) and the slow-simmering, lo-fi revenger Blue Ruin (2013) – the latter being selected for the Director’s Fortnight … Continue reading
These Final Hours (2013)
First published by TwitchFilm If one thing is certain in life, it is that none of us will survive it. With the end already written into every breath we take, … Continue reading
Punishment Park (1971)
First published by EyeforFilm Note: this was published in 2005, during the depths of the Bush era After becoming bogged down in a foreign conflict, the US Government has declared an … Continue reading
Edvard Munch (1974)
First published by Film4 Synopsis: Peter Watkins’ recently restored telefilm documents the angst of an artist and an era. Review: Peter Watkins’ Edvard Munch opens with both a text (in Norwegian) and a voice-over … Continue reading
The Hexecutioners (2015)
First published by TheHorrorShow The road to death can be easy or hard. In the past, different cultures have tried to ease this inevitable transition with rituals designed to expiate … Continue reading
Alice In Wonderland (2010)
First published by Little White Lies How do you bring a book to life? How does a figure dreamt up on a page become embodied by a flesh-and-blood person? Anyone … Continue reading
Cutter’s Way (1981)
First published by Little White Lies Much as womanising slacker Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges) finds himself late one evening in a rainy Santa Barbara alleyway at the same time as … Continue reading
Cinema Psychotronicum 6 (Asmodexia)
First published by Little White Lies Sleeping rough near a cemetery on the outskirts of Barcelona, elderly Eloy de Palma (Lluís Marco) tells his teenaged granddaughter Alba (Clàudia Pons) a … Continue reading
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