Cannes 2012. Days 4-5, Essential Reads
Adam CookNew films from past Palme d’Or winners Cristian Mungiu and Michael Haneke are among the latest to screen at Cannes.
Dario Argento
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. Dario Argento's "Phenomena"
Ben SimingtonA chilling, melancholy piece of music to Dario Argento’s oft-overlooked grim fairy tale, Phenomena (1985), by Bill Wyman and Terry Taylor.
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Similar Images #6
Daniel KasmanDario Argento one-ups Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest in his horror classic Suspiria.
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The Design and Architecture of Terror: Dario Argento's "Deep Red"
Daniel KasmanImages (and sounds) of fear from the horror maestro’s 1975 masterpiece.
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Daily Briefing. Maya Deren, Dario Argento and Cinemadness!
David HudsonAlso: Terrific new covers for forthcoming books.
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Electric Sheep, Lists and DVDs
David Hudson"Bitterness" is the theme of Electric Sheep's new issue, featuring Nicola Woodham on Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani's neo-giallo Amer and John Bleasdale on Dario Argento's straight-up
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Tuesday Foreign Region Blu-ray Disc Report: "Inferno" (Dario Argento, 1980)
Glenn KennyI first saw Dario Argento's Inferno back in the mid-80s, when being disappointed by a Dario Argento movie meant something entirely different than what being disappointed by a Dario Argento film means
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region Blu-ray Disc Report: "Suspiria" (Dario Argento, 1976)
Glenn Kenny"Life is disappointing." So goes the most common English translation of a famous line of dialogue in Ozu's Tokyo Story. As if to underscore that point, here is a British-released Region 2 Blu-ray disc
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Link of the day: Noel Vera on "Mother of Tears"
Neil YoungI saw Dario Argento's latest, Giallo, in Edinburgh last week, and was somewhat underwhelmed.But anyone who reckons that Dario has terminally "lost it" really needs to check out his previous effort, 2007
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Dario Argento’s Guide to Getting It On
Ben SimingtonDario Argento avows that Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971) is one of his least artistically successful films, but recently viewing it in a restored print on the big screen at MoMA’s Sixth International Festival
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Twenty-One Years with Asia Argento
Glenn KennyFebruary, 1987: The golden age of the Italian horror picture, which arguably began with Bava's Black Sunday and was sustained through the '70s and into the '80s by Dario Argento and associates, is on