[This article was originally written as an assignment for my degree.]
Panos Cosmatos’ 2010 debut, Beyond The Black Rainbow is a strong statement of intent. The film crosses the genre line between science-fiction horror and psycho-thriller, whilst simultaneously identifying as a piece of film from the plots period, 1983.
[This article was originally written as an assignment for my degree.]
Mandy is a film split in two.
[This article was originally written as an assignment for my degree.]
There is a danger in calling him ‘the son of George P. Cosmatos’. Because even though he worked on Tombstone as the second unit director (the residuals of which he used to finance his work), he holds no through line to the director of Cobra, and Rambo: First Blood Part II. In Beyond The Black Rainbow and this year’s festival hit, Mandy, Panos Cosmatos has already dictated a style of filmmaking that is unique, but at the same time a stew of influences and styles.
On 12th September 1970, Hullmuth Costard took a load of cameras to Old Trafford and filmed George Best playing football against Coventry City. The final film, ‘Fußball Wie Noch Nie’ was released in 1971, its status as a document to the best footballer to never play a World Cup only being a footnote.
A footnote I discovered in 2006, with the release of ‘Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait’, my hunt for this film began. A hunt which ended in 2020. This is my edit of the film.
Join Dani and Nick for the fourth episode of KINOTOMIC.
In Episode 4 we will be discussing Paul Verhoevan’s satrical war/action film, Starship Troopers and King Vidor’s Silent epic-war film, The Big Parade.
Join Dani and Nick for the third episode of KINOTOMIC.
In Episode 3 we will be discussing Musicals! We talk 1960s gangland New York in West Side Story, and post-apocalyptic gangland Tokyo with Tokyo Tribe.
Join Dani and Nick for the second episode of KINOTOMIC.
In Episode 2 we will be discussing Miami Vice, directed by Michael Mann and starring Colin Farrell’s moustache, along with the classic Michael Curtiz directed Film-Noir, Angels With Dirty Faces, starring James Cagney.
Me and Dani finally released our FIRST EVER (proper) episode of KINOTOMIC.
In Episode 1 we will be discussing Sherlock Jr and The Playhouse, both directed and starring Buster Keaton, along with Jackass: The Movie.
Podcast Launch!!
Well… Sortof..
This is a beta test recording of one of our many practice sessions. Me and Dani Vilu have worked hard for the last 6 months to come up with a sound podcast concept, that we cannot wait to share with everyone. Trust us, we got some great movie pairings.
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Been extraordinarily busy over the last month with Uni work. My Dissertation on Michael Bay has turned into torture, one word, one explosion, one fucked-frame at a time. On top of that is the usual deadlines and life crap thrown my way.
As such, I haven’t been to the cinema to see new releases as much as I wanted to. I will catch up in the summer, but have only seen a few and as such means this is just a round-up post.
