A film of incredible beauty, sadness and love for the monster: Victor Erice’s magical 1973 film, Spirit of the Beehive. Think of this as the prelude to Guillermo del Toro’s films, especially The Devil’s Backbone. How the unimaginable horror of war seems to the unfathoming innocence of a child. There aren’t enough movies that awe…
Category: Frankenstein
Frankenstein v Frankenstein
Check Todd’s blog for other featured items in Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V or add your own. It was impossible to resist the urge to see both versions of the National Theatre’s Frankenstein. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller rotated the central roles which was fascinating in itself, never mind the rest of the new script by…
K. A. Laity 