Author Archives: SMW
Scalarama 2015: Scaledonia | Glasgow
Scalarama is a month-long homage to the spirit of London’s dearly departed Scala Cinema, celebrating independent cinema by promoting DIY events, pop-up screenings and generally making no distinction between high and low art, all in the name of a borderline-worrying obsession … Continue reading
INTERVIEW: Cem Kaya (Director of Remake, Remix, Rip-Off) pt II
This is part two of my exclusive interview with Cem Kaya, director of the documentary Remake, Remix, Rip-Off. Read part one here. In this final instalment, Cem explains why there’s so much more to Turkish Fantastic Cinema than we think, … Continue reading
INTERVIEW: Cem Kaya (Director of Remake, Remix, Rip-Off)
Cem Kaya’s fantastic documentary Remake, Remix, Rip-Off screens at FrightFest this weekend. It’s a long-awaited delve into the wild, wild world of the Turkish Fantastic Cinema (AKA Turkish Pop Cinema, AKA Turkish Remakesploitation) and it doesn’t disappoint – long-time fans, casual … Continue reading
La Disparation d’Adèle Bedeau (Claude Chabrol, 1989)
Matchbox Cineclub recently presented Claude Chabrol’s Les Noce Rouges (1973), at a special screening introduced by Graeme Macrae Burnet. For the screening I was able to source a trailer for Chabrol’s rarely-seen (indeed, barely made) adaptation of La Disparation d’Adèle Bedeau (see above). An … Continue reading
Quentin Tarantino Acting Reel 1987-2015
Everyone knows Quentin Tarantino likes to moonlight as an actor occasionally, but did you know one of his earliest roles was on an episode of Golden Girls? You did? What about the episode of Margaret Cho’s sitcom All-American Girl where … Continue reading
Physical Impossibility 