Stephen Thrower

One of the most important English singers of 20th century traditional song, Shirley Collins and her sister Dolly stood at the epicentre of the folk music revival from the 1950s through to the 1970’s. Directors Rob Curry and Tim Plester have created a poetic response to the life-and-times of this totemic musical figure. Four years in the making, and co produced by Fifth Column Films and Burning Bridges, The Ballad of Shirley Collins is the fascinating first release from Fire Films - available to you exclusively through the Lush Player. A captivating study of heritage, posterity and the true ancestral melodies of the people, this heartwarming film revolves around Shirley’s tragic loss of her voice and struggle back to the limelight. And ultimately, it suggests that in these turbulent and increasingly untethered times, we may just need Shirley Collins and all she represents more than ever.

Genre writer Stephen Thrower discusses the film. We find out from the ever-informative Stephen that the film was shot in Munich; that composer Bruno Nicolai taught Ennio Morricone.

Set in a London gentleman's outfitters in 1976, and taking inspiration from the emotions aroused by a fetishist love of corduroy, leather and tight trousers, two men enter Sir John's Trouser Bar but little do they know the sexual adventures that await them inside.

Pioneer erotic film maker Peter de Rome talks about his life and work.

The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.

The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized. After a short introduction, each film is discussed in turn by an expert, followed by the film's trailer.

The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized. After a short introduction, each film is discussed in turn by an expert, followed by the film's trailer.

Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of dropped 33 titles is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.

Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39 is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.

A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.

영문도 모른 채 감옥에 갔던 칼과 아버지 빌은 복역을 마친 후 누가 그들을 경찰에 팔아넘겼는지 찾아서 복수를 하려고 한다. 그러나 이 영화는 액션영화가 아니다. 영화 내내 이 부자는 집 근처에 앉아있거나, 술을 먹고 담배를 피우거나, 티격태격하고, 기타를 친다. 엄청나게 어두우면서도, 동시에 엄청나게 웃긴, 영국식 코미디의 진수. (2010년 14회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)

A brief history of Grindhouse cinema presented by Emily Booth

In the spirit of the EC horror comics of old, the film tells the story of five teens who get lost on their way to a rock concert, are menaced by flesh eating mutations and then fall into the clutches of a family of backwoods killers. The film includes copious amounts of gore alongside a splattering of social commentary and several slices of dark humour. It’s best seen as a tribute to the cinema of Lucio Fulci and George Romero, but viewed from a distinctly Pakistani perspective.

This documentary shows the mindset of the some of the most original and influential artists of the experimental scene (Coil, Current 93, Foetus, Test Dept.). An unprecedented insight into the workings, the methods and the ideas that made these names legendary. Filmed in Hamburg, Amsterdam and London, 1985-1987.

보이지 않는 여인이 셰익스피어의 소네트를 낭송하는 동안, 한 남자가 영혼의 사랑을 찾아 말 없는 모험을 떠난다. 특정한 내러티브 없이 주디 덴치가 낭송하는 14편의 소네트를 배경으로 부드럽고 달콤한 게이 에로티시즘을 보여주는 데릭 저먼의 대표작 (2016년 제6회 서울프라이드영화제) 특정한 내러티브 없이 주디 덴치의 목소리로 들려지는 14편의 소네트를 배경으로 부드럽고 달콤한 게이 에로티시즘을 보여주는 아름다운 영화. 영국 밴드 “코일 Coil”과 브리튼의 음악이 인상적이며, 셰익스피어와 동시대의 연금술사 존 디의 작품에서 따온 제목은 영국 르네상스 시기를 강하게 환기시킨다.

Imagining October explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite Britain. The title refers to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda film October: Ten Days That Shook the World 1928. The project began during a trip to the Soviet Union sponsored by the British Film Institute in October 1984. Jarman was invited to present The Tempest in Moscow and Baku with fellow filmmaker Sally Potter and film theorist Peter Wollen and asked in return to make a short film for the London Film Festival in November.

At the edge of a grand estate, near a crumbling old mansion lies a strange stone building with just a single room. In the room there lies a bed. Born of demonic power, the bed seeks the flesh, blood and life essence of unwary travelers… Three pretty girls arrive on vacation, searching for a place to spend the night. Instead, they tumble into nightmares – and the cruel, insatiable hunger of the Bed!

Stephen Thrower examines locations used in Jess Franco movies.

Film historian Stephen Thrower discusses the 1970 cult classic Eugenie.