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Busted Babies is a deeply puzzling shot of lo-fi SOV sci-fi/fantasy regarding a group of black-winged, polka-dotted, and horned humanoid creatures. Two big-haired suited henchmen seeking an amulet, and a shedload of surreal cardboard-edged oddness. Here from Blood Sick Productions is a Blu-ray release of the 2024 film, which really is unlike anything I've seen in recent memory.
17 Jun 2026
Jasper Sharp interview
In the year 1971, Nikkatsu, the oldest/ at one point, the biggest film production company in Japan. Did something quite daring/ some would say crazy- they completely switched over their production to softcore adult films, which would become known as Roman Porno. Between 1971 and 1988, the company produced around 850 of these titles. The thing that made these films stand out from general softcore films is the often creative & inventive choices made- yes, the films primal focus is sleaze, but great examples of the genre are so much more than that. In the last year or so, there has been a spate of reissues of films in the genre from labels such as 88 Films, Third Window Films, and Klubb Super 8. One of the key figures/contributors behind these releases is Jasper Sharp- one of the world's experts on the genre, and the wider Pink genre it’s connected to. Jasper kindly agreed to give us an email interview discussing his history with the genre, his contributions to releases, and the new/updated edition of his book Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema on Fab Press.
4 Jun 2026
Italian art collective, NEA, has released their first combined, recorded efforts on the upcoming Orizzontale. Utilising many different art forms and expressions, the album allows each of the twelve artists to create and express themselves unrestrictedly, allowing each voice to be heard and lift the collective up. NEA believe in horizontality, eschewing hierarchies and giving each artist an equal voice, and Orizzontale presents this collective as it is meant to be heard and experienced. With a dozen artists working on their own but as a team, the album can take many different directions and forms, allowing unfettered collaboration to reign supreme.
Signal One (2026) is a science fiction thriller written and directed by Jonathan Sobol(The Art of the Steal, The Baker), arriving on UK VOD on 15 June via Signature Entertainment. The film stars Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan: First Kill) as Annika Kask, a brilliant computer scientist who is recruited by tech billionaire Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid, The Substance) to join his private facility on a remote Caribbean island. Also starring Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) as Charlie Kaminsky and David Thewlis (Avatar) as Perry Glassner, the nihilistic creator of LITTLEMOUTH, a machine capable of communicating with alien intelligence.
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16 Jun 2026Pink Wool — Limbic System & Nostalgia
16 Jun 2026The Good Boy — The Good Boy( VOD)
16 Jun 2026The Last Match — The Last Match(Blu Ray)
16 Jun 2026Maginot — No Hope
11 Jun 2026Isotope — Upward Curve- The Recordings 1973-1976
11 Jun 2026The Assassin of the Tsar — The Assassin of the Tsar(Blu Ray)
11 Jun 2026Essential Film Noir- Collection 6 — Essential Film Noir- Collection 6( Blu Ray boxset)
10 Jun 2026
King Futile Interview
King Futile is the new project from Scotland-based Lea Cummings( Kylie Minoise, Official Music Team, etc), and it’s a big departure from his normal noise or retro sample & electronica sound. It's lo-fi acoustic music, with an outsider feel, and often quite tongue-in-cheek/ sharply sarcastic tone to the lyrics. So far, the project has put out three albums- Casual Misery, How To Have Fun, and Zen As Fuck. I tracked down Lea for an email interview.
Cliff Twemlow On Severin
One of last year’s real big surprises in the world of Blu-ray box sets was Bloody Legend: The Complete Twemlow Collection, as it was a wholly entertaining, fascinating, and at times heart-warming set. The Severin released boxset brought together the work of one of the UK’s unlikeliest movie moguls- Cliff Twemlow, a Mancunian bouncer/ body builder, who went on to write/star in/produce a series of low-budget/ largely SOV films in the early 80s to early 90s- these moved between action, thriller, sci-fi, and horror. His most notable/notorious film was 1983’s G.B.H., which landed on the video nasty list, though he was connected to other ten feature films, many of which got their first real full/proper release on the boxset. Opening up the set was the excellent 2023 documentary Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow, which really pulls you into the set. I caught up with Severn’s David Gregory and Jake West, director of Mancunian Man, to discuss the boxset and all things cliff.
The Fall
MES( Mark E Smith- The Falls main creator) possessed the ability to cram phrases into impossible spaces - “I’m hunting and I’m trying to find” delivered as “hut’na tryna find”; the eight-syllable “mere pseud mag editor’s father” hastily squeezed into a manipulation of time and space, heralded by the prior line “twice each at least”, the latter naturally repeated thrice.
Crude ‘n’ Hope-corroding Walled Noise
Back in 2024, I got my first taste of Absurd Reality, and I was so impressed by how crude and nasty its take on walled noise was. Behind the project is South Carolina-based Krys Marshall, who also runs the Filthy Sounds Recording label. He’s since gone on to form No Fun HNW, which pushes the levels of nasty crudeness even more. Krys kindly agreed to an email interview.
