Tag: Ken Russell

BR: Russia House, The (1990)

BR: Russia House, The (1990)

February 23, 2017 | By

It’s worth pondering whether this particular adaptation of John le Carré’s novel would’ve been produced today, given there is no gunfire, no a single foot chase, car chase, murder, any act of violence, and the hero’s a sixtysomething heavy drinker who describes himself as ‘a disappointment’…

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Maniac Cop, and The Devils!

Maniac Cop, and The Devils!

November 13, 2011 | By

Review of William Lustig’s Maniac Cop on Blu-ray (Synapse Films), plus details of the BFI’s upcoming Region 2 DVD release of Ken Russell’s The Devils, with some handy-dandy links for further edification.

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