| March 1st may be the beginning of the month, but for ARROW it’s the End of the Road (UK/ IRE/ US/CA). Put the pedal to the metal with a collection of automotive assaults on the senses! End of the Road has a tank full of four-wheeled thrills, reckless road trips and breakneck car chases, so jump in, crank the stereo and let’s hit the highway.
Titles Include: Threshold, Black Test Car, Fill ‘er Up With Super.
Also on March 1st, head back to ARROW’s film school with a trio of Paul Joyce documentaries about iconic filmmakers: Dirk Bogarde: By Myself Parts 1 & 2 (UK/ IRE/ US/CA): a two part interview in which Dirk Bogarde talks about his life and decades-long career, his transitions from heartthrob to icon of edginess, from leading man of the British Box office to novelist and director. In Nagisa Oshima: The Man Who Left His Soul on Film (UK/ IRE/ US/CA): a profile of Japanese filmmaker Nagisha Oshima explores the pioneer of the Japanese New Wave whose boundary-pushing output is chronicled through interviews with Paul Mayersberg, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Oshima himself.
On March 8th, Keep the Faith (UK/ IRE/ US/CA). When all manner of unholy terrors and calamities are out to get you, all you can do is Keep the Faith. A collection that sees the godly, and not-so-godly, pushed to the edge and beyond by visions, murderers, the undead and the sordid; you don’t need to pray for a season of religious thrills and horrors – it already walks among you.
Titles Include: The Righteous, Black Rainbow, Crimes of Passion.
Also on March 8, ARROW continues its commitment to showcasing short films from emerging talent, with Ciarán Hickey’s sci-fi horror Terrible Things, Alex Baro-Cayetano’s unnerving chiller Keith, Drew Maxwell Weiss’s stalker story The Anatomy Maestro, and Ryan Irving’s twisted comedy horror Bark (all UK/ IRE/ US/CA).
On March 11, take a trip into the mind that brought Doghouse, Evil Aliens, Midnight Peepshow (The Black Rabbit segment), Razor Blade Smile, Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes, ABC’s of Death (S for Speed) to life with Jake West Selects (UK/ IRE/ US/CA).
“Putting together this list of my recommended ARROW favourites has been a bloody delight…. but also presented me with a massive dilemma. I haven’t felt such indecision to pick since the heady and good old ‘nasty’ days of browsing lurid VHS video covers In a proper independent video shop! And now I find myself back in a beautifully arcane store with a superlative horror and cult film section…how the hell do I pick favourites out of a selection this great?
So, after hours of browsing the endless treats on offer, I’ve somehow managed to boil it down. So if you also aren’t quite sure what to pick, then here’s my cross-section recommendations of stone-cold classics; video nasty gorey mayhem: retro thrills and some bizarre mind-expanding cult delights that range from brutal to hilarious, and classy to trashy. I love ‘em all! So if you’re looking for guidance or just want to take a chance you really can’t go wrong with any of these…”
Titles Include: The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey, The Red Queen Kills 7 Times, Switchblade Sisters. |
