Talkin’ Oldies: Performance

Continuing the series of Talkin’ Oldies, Simon Collings takes a look at Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell’s cult British Gangster movie Performance. When anyone discusses the ‘Gangster movie’ certain candidates come to mind: Scarface (1932), The Godfather (1972), and Goodfellas (1990). When anyone discusses films featuring musicians A Hard Day’s Night (1964), This Is Spinal Tap (1984) & 8 Mile (2002) are among the favourites and even when movies... Read More

Talkin’ Oldies: Fear is the Key (1973)

Jonathon Dabell introduces the first in a new series focusing on older, lesser known movies by presenting his requirements for meeting this new column’s criteria and its aims before giving his opinion on Michael Tuchner’s Fear is the Key. The purpose of this column is to review and encourage people to watch older films. There are three simple rules to meet the criteria for Talkin’ Oldies which are:- a) The film must be at least 30 years old.... Read More