arthouse Archives - Desperate Living

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Pigsty is a heavy going but ultimately satisfying and provocative look at fascism, violence and the bourgeoisie.

Digging into the experimental underground horrors of one of the most unsettling films of the 1970s.

The Reprobate talks to the man behind the latest boutique Blu-ray label specialising in overlooked, lesser-known movies.

The Greatest Films Of All Time saga rumbles on with the release of the full top 250 titles.

Digging into the shock announcement of this decade’s Sight and Sound Greatest Film poll winner.

Thoughts from 2012 on ‘the greatest films of all time’ and the odd outliers of the Sight and Sound poll that year as we await the 2022 results.

The director of Onibaba and Kuroneko explores a bleak tale of isolation and quiet despair.

The curious rediscovery of films once thought to be lost – or possibly to have never even existed.

Examining the newly-released Finnish drama and where it fits in the sorry history of sub-dom cinema.

A crime investigation meets an incredibly strange creature in an oddly brilliant Argentinian curio.

An impressively old-school yet very modern crime thriller that keeps you guessing throughout its many twists and turns.

The great lost film of modern British cinema emerges into the light.