Poetry review – EJECT CITY: Charles Rammelkamp considers a fairly dark collection by Jason Morphew
. Poetry review – WATER: Tim Murphy reviews Haleh Liza Gafori’s new translation of Rumi’s poetry
Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Review by Alan Price. The on-location stories of Werner Herzog’s clashes with Klaus Kinski on Aguirre, The Wrath of God, have passed into cinematic legend. The most alarming being Kinski wanting to leave the film after Herzog refused to dismiss one of the technical crew, for at this point Herzog is supposed to have made Kinski act at gunpoint.
The Hidden Fortress. Review by Alan Price. The time is the 16th century. A period of civil wars. Princess Uki with her family and their clan gold are attempting to escape to a peaceful province. The enemy have posted up a reward for her capture. She’s accompanied by her General (Toshiro Mifune, who else could it be!) and two greedy and quarrelsome farmers. Onto this slight (almost formulaic) story Kurosawa has applied great craft and artistry.
. ISSUE 57 of LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features poems by: * Alex Saynor * Myra Schneider *Stuart Pickford *Kenneth Pobo *Philip Dunkerley *S C Flynn *Tim Waller *Anne Ryland *Jenny Hockey *Anna Bowles *Pam Thompson *Glen Hunting *Maggie Freeman *Peter Daniels *Ger Duffy *Antony Mair *Mary Mulholland *Lesley Saunders *Judith Wozniak *Michael O’Brien *Prue […]
The Trials. Review by Barbara Lewis. The Nuremberg Trials were considered fair, one of the jurors says during deliberations that are seeking climate justice – or is it revenge? – in a future not too distant from our already overheated times.
Poetry review – FRANK’S LUNCH SERVICE: Charles Rammelkamp appreciates the sheer physicality of the materials that make up this collection by Frank Rubino Frank’s Lunch Service Frank Rubino Lithic Press, 2025 ISBN: 978-1946-583-413 $20.00, 112 pages
Poetry review – AUGUST 24, 1957 : Charles Rammelkamp follows Robert Cooperman through recollections and reflections stirred by a traumatic childhood incident
Poetry review – A CERTAIN PENANCE OF LIGHT: Julian Stannard discusses Debasish Lahiri’s unusual approach to ekphrastic poetry
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? Review by Alan Price. What makes Who Wants to Kill Jessie such a warm and very entertaining film is its modesty. No colour, wide screen and expensive special effects. Its charms are economical, crisp black and white B picture production values.
Sense & Sensibility, The Musical. Review by Barbara Lewis. Jane Austen loved music, but words were her supreme medium for conveying the nuanced feelings of her finest characters and the vicious superficiality of the mercenary social climbers that served to highlight the quieter virtues.
Nosferatu, The Vampyre. Review by Alan Price. For me there are only four vampire films that can be called great. They are Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922), Nosferatu, The Vampyre (Herzog, 1979), Dracula (Badham, 1979) and Dracula (Fisher, 1958) that are both faithful and part loose adaptations of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. All are successful for different reasons.
By Alan Price • film, year 2025 • Tags: Alan Price, film