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5 out of 5 stars.

The Masque of the Red Death review – horribly apt Poe adaptation
5 out of 5 stars.

Roger Corman’s 1964 cult classic about a medieval pestilence closing in on a decadent count played by Vincent Price has uncomfortable resonance

Published: 21 Jan 2021

Flesh Gordon? Artwork reveals erotic version that was never made

Draft designs for a planned Nicolas Roeg sci-fi movie in 1979 finally see the light of day

Published: 18 Oct 2020

The Witches at 30: a horror film for children that continues to terrify

Nicolas Roeg’s cruel adaptation of Roald Dahl’s tale of bloodthirsty child-killers remains a remarkably sadistic studio film for kids

Published: 24 Aug 2020

5 out of 5 stars.

Don't Look Now review – Roeg's scary movie can still make you jump
5 out of 5 stars.

From its red stalker to its eerie strangers, this suspenseful classic set a template for horror – but its sexual intimacy adds a dramatic counterpoint few films can match

Published: 5 Jul 2019

Nicolas Roeg created a filmic world of sex and shock. He messed me up – and I loved him

Suzanne Moore

Everyone declares Don’t Look Now his best work, but how to choose? This was a shaman at work

Published: 26 Nov 2018

Published: 26 Nov 2018
Sex factor: Nicolas Roeg and Bernardo Bertolucci's transgressive legacy

Roeg and Bertolucci were among the first directors to use explicit eroticism to bring psychological depth to their films – a sensibility cast in a new light by #MeToo

Published: 26 Nov 2018
Nicolas Roeg obituary

Director and cinematographer whose dazzling films of the 70s included Don’t Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth

Published: 25 Nov 2018
Film blog Nicolas Roeg: a daring film-maker of passionate and visceral brilliance

Roeg will be remembered for a clutch of masterly films – including Don’t Look Now, the best scary movie of all time, and the unclassifiable Man Who Fell to Earth

Published: 24 Nov 2018

David Bowie on the set of The Man Who Fell to Earth – in pictures

It was Bowie’s most celebrated film – and photographer David James was on hand to capture the star at his intimate and engaging best

Gallery

Published: 18 Jul 2018

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs Notes on Blindness; Behemoth; The Boss; Gods of Egypt and more – review

Two documentaries play with form and evoke suffering on scales small and large, while Melissa McCarthy outshines her own film

Published: 23 Oct 2016

5 out of 5 stars.

The Man Who Fell to Earth review – a freaky concept album of a film
5 out of 5 stars.

Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 sci-fi story about an intergalactic visitor, played by David Bowie, is more preposterous – and moving – than the first time around

Published: 8 Sep 2016

Trailer park The Man Who Fell to Earth: watch David Bowie's extraterrestrial turn – exclusive video

Watch a trailer of David Bowie in his role as a humanoid alien who visits our planet in search of water to save his homeland

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Published: 17 Aug 2016
How we made How we made Walkabout

Jenny Agutter: ‘Our motel in the Australian outback had draught-excluders on its doors – to keep the poisonous snakes from getting into bed with you’

Published: 9 Aug 2016

How we made James Fox and Sandy Lieberson: how we made Performance

‘I was the straight guy sticking to the script. Mick and Anita liked to use their relationship to shock me’

Published: 21 Jul 2015

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs Selma; Love Is Strange; Taken 3; Wild Tales; The Green Prince; Far From the Madding Crowd; Umberto D – review

David Oyelowo produces a career-defining performance as Martin Luther King, while prejudice and ruthlessness collude in Love Is Strange

Published: 14 Jun 2015

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