Adrian Warren

There Are No Easy Answers for Feminism in ‘Riddles of the Sphinx’

There Are No Easy Answers for Feminism in ‘Riddles of the Sphinx’

Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's seminal experimental film is an interesting synthesis of rigorous feminist film theory and avant-garde sound and music.
‘Robin Redbreast’ and the Creeping Horrors of a Rural Idyll

‘Robin Redbreast’ and the Creeping Horrors of a Rural Idyll

Released for the first time on DVD, the BBC's 1970 drama is a disturbing film concerning the grim underbelly of sinister rural rituals, and those that adhere to them.

Scratch Beneath the Surface of ‘Dead of Night’, If You Dare

The Domestic Drama and Emotional Claustrophobia of ‘Breathe In’

‘Sleepwalker’ Walks Right into a Nightmare

It’s Grim Up North in ‘Citadel’

The Myths and the Truths in the ‘Stories We Tell’

There’s an Appealing Gloom in These Children’s ‘Scary Stories’

There’s an Appealing Gloom in These Children’s ‘Scary Stories’

BFI’s three Scary Stories films for children presented here masterfully walk the fine line between solid, unfussy drama and genuine supernatural chills.

‘Into the Dark’ Aims High and Strives for Occasional Profundity

Never Mind the Barking Dog, Best ‘Beware of Mr Baker’

Cassavetes, The Mob and Realism: ‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’

Traveling ‘Underground’ Into Anthony Asquith’s Subterranean World of Passion and Intrigue