And make no mistake. The Devils has a message for our time. For we learn from the mistakes of the past. We live in a time of violence, and it is only by looking in the mouth of the Devil that we can examine his teeth. In a time when our nation is responsible for violence on a...
The Devils: Directed by Ken Russell. With Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian. In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually represse
Review of The DevilsThe Devils (1971) 1/10 Horrid 14 March 2015 I don't consider myself to be a particularly religious person so the controversial (anti-protestant) stance didn't really faze me (although I can easily understand if others are offended by this film). My main issues with...
An urgent desire to take a long shower is an appropriate response to watching The Devil’s Double, so unsavory is the experience of being immersed in the world of Saddam Hussein’s Caligula-like son Uday and his double, Latif Yahia.
As a result, aside from The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Francis returned full time to his first love, cinematography, shooting, in stunning black and white, David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980). He re-established his reputation with Karel Reisz's The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981...
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‘The Devils’ (1971) Everett Collection Ken Russell’s blasphemous firebombis the rare example of a movie that actuallyhasbeen suppressed by the powers that be. (The film was not publicly screened in its uncut form until 2004.) The onslaught of depraved and profane imagery is the primary ...
Horny Abbess, Empty Relic, Open Fortress, Public Toilet: Reconnecting with Ken Russell’sThe Devils(1971) February 10, 2025 Russell’s principal avatar in this film is Louis XIII, the Carnival King and Lord of Misrule. Devoted to ersatz relics and to his “tacky stage farce,” he quietly...
Is there a gap between experiencing full-sensorium captures of that night and actually being there, in London, when the Devils finally broke the wall?There must be. Qualia of pain and hate.Only– We solved the explanatory gap. Golden Age philosophers correctly identified the difference between...
Film Review ‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: A Childless Woman Searches for Relief in This Bleak and Brilliant Religious Drama from Directors of ‘Goodnight Mommy’ It may not be a horror movie, but "The Devil's Bath" is easily the scariest thing that Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz have ev...