Few films have been as instrumental in forming my love of cinema as Mannen på taket. I was far too young to see it when it premiered in 1976 but I’ve got vivid memories of being fascinated by the crashed helicopter on top of the marquee at the cinema Spegeln. Photo here: tinyurl.com/ocf5okw

I first saw it in 1984 when it was broadcast on Swedish tv. My parents wouldn’t let me see the first five minutes and I can certainly…

I’m not sure if it’s down to how many times I’ve rewatched it, how formative it’s been or how great the film is, but finally seeing it on the big screen for the first time this evening made me give it a five star rating. 
I was way to young to see it in the cinema back in the day, but I seeing the poster and being fascinated by it. A few years later I got to see it…

I happened to be in Turin for the film’s second screening at the Tohorror Fantastic Film Fest and decided to see it based on the positive buzz and reviews from Fantasia Fest. 

Unfortunately, I wasn’t as impressed by the film as I had hoped to be. I appreciate the attempt to recreate the childhood fear of the dark, but there just wasn’t enough here for me to justify the running time.  
In a short film or video art context,…

I can’t if I’ve ever gone back to the cinema for a second viewing of a film the day after I first saw it. I don’t think so. But I couldn’t get The Neon Demon out of my head. I just had to go back and see it a second time.

Nicholas Winding Refn’s take on a horror film starts off feeling like it was going to be one of his more accessible films, but it veers off into…