Handheld horror: Dany and Michael Philippou's TALK TO ME (2022) "mediates adolescent angst and alienation through a terrifying rite of passage." Essential horror, on #BFIPlayer from today. Full review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/cinema/talk-to-me-review-one-hell-of-a-strong-calling-card/

"a sweaty, hallucinatory trip through the male persona in panic": Gerard Johnson's MUSCLE (2019) makes a mirror image of Cavan Clerkin and Craig Fairbrass' machismo. On #BFIPlayer from today. https://projectedfigures.com/2021/12/24/muscle-2019/

"a dialectic between a late filmmaker and a long-time admirer, mediated through the latter’s sharp engagement with the former’s considerable body of work": Mark Cousins' MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK now on #BFIPlayer. https://vodzilla.co/reviews/vod-film-review-my-name-is-alfred-hitchcock/

Alexandre Aja's HAUTE TENION (2003) "displays a thorough knowledge of horror tropes past, and remixes them into a squirm-inducingly difficult viewing ordeal that is psychologically – if not quite narratively – satisfying." On #BFIPlayer from today. https://projectedfigures.com/2022/02/13/switchblade-romance-high-tension-haute-tension-2003

"the film’s genre proves as fluid as Lydia’s developing identity, caught between an oppressive, inherited history and an uncertain future." Carol Morley's THE FALLING (2014) is on #BFIPlayer from today https://projectedfigures.com/2015/04/24/the-falling-2014

"a metacinematic mumblegore treat with the makings of a slasher romance": Jay and Mark Duplass' gently self-skewering low-budget indie BAGHEAD (2008), on #BFIPlayer from today https://projectedfigures.com/2023/01/08/baghead-2008/

Running in slow motion: in Noah Baumbach's breezy FRANCES HA (2013), it's never too late to get a skip in your step and a smile on your face. On #BFIPlayer from today https://projectedfigures.com/2013/08/07/frances-ha-2013

The worst person in the world: Kristoffer Borgli's dark satire SICK OF MYSELF (2022), starring the great Kristine Kujath Thorp, "diagnoses modern attention-seeking narcissism as a form of extreme self-harm."
On #BFIPlayer from today https://projectedfigures.com/2022/09/28/sick-of-myself-syk-pike-2022/

Untamed true story: Rodrigo Sorogoyen's THE BEASTS (AS BESTAS, 2022) gives a real-life saga of simmering masculine violence a feminine tailspin. On #BFIPlayer from today. Full review for #LittleWhiteLies https://lwlies.com/reviews/the-beasts/

"Dario Argento’s return to giallo was also a sophisticated staging of both the genre and his part in it as atrocity artist": TENEBRAE (1982) is now on #BFIPlayer #ArgentoSeason https://projectedfigures.com/2021/04/18/tenebrae-aka-tenebre-aka-unsane-1982/

"Michele Soavi’s feature debut restages a killing spree – and slasher tropes – as reflexive metatheatre": STAGEFRIGHT (DELIRIA, 1987) is on #BFIPlayer from today https://projectedfigures.com/2022/12/25/stagefright-deliria-1987/

"Something dream-like about the whole film’s edgy, neurotic texture and fights of fancy": Dario Argento's sublime 'Animal Trilogy'-closer FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971) is on #BFIPlayer from today. Peak giallo. #ArgentoSeason https://projectedfigures.com/2015/06/29/four-flies-on-grey-velvet-1971/

Nine disparate leads, and lots of blind alleys: Dario Argento's THE CAT O' NINE TAILS (1971) is on #BFIPlayer from today #ArgentoSeason https://projectedfigures.com/2018/04/24/the-cat-o-nine-tails-1971

"naïve, but macabre at the same time": Dario Argento's directorial debut THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970) takes a reflexive look at violent art and its effects. On #BFIPlayer from today #ArgentoSeason https://projectedfigures.com/2018/06/03/the-bird-with-the-crystal-plumage-1970/

Road movie: in the modern fable HOME (2008), Ursula Meier's "unhinged vision is the very definition of unsettling". On #BFIPlayer from today. https://projectedfigures.com/2019/09/15/home-2008/

Things sound very positive for EO, certainly looks to be the most interesting film of the year... the year of Cocaine Bear and Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey!!
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RT @BFI
Mark Kermode says this lowly beast with doleful eyes will enchant you in a brilliant new #BFIPlayer choice: EO
https://twitter.com/BFI/status/1644354615641513984

"an endoscopic journey through the creative process, from fresh start to bitter, bilious end": Peter Strickland's FLUX GOURMET (2022) shows a collective of food-oriented performance artists in retreat, and on a quest for catharsis. Now on #BFIPlayer
https://projectedfigures.com/2022/06/05/flux-gourmet-2022

Tsai Ming-liang’s Malaysia-set reverie I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE (2006) "tracks a comatose man and the frustrated desires of his awake double".
On #BFIPlayer from today. https://projectedfigures.com/2023/02/22/i-dont-want-to-sleep-alone-2006/

F.W. Murnau’s symmetrical feature SUNRISE (1927) "travels between darkness and light, city and country, expressionism and romanticism, silent and Talkie". On #BFIPlayer from today https://projectedfigures.com/2023/02/22/sunrise-1927

Eggy Alli-gory: Hanna Bergholm's surreal feature debut HATCHING (PAHANHAUTOJA, 2022) uses "(body) horror to show a fledgling woman’s addled coming of age." On #BFIPlayer from today.
https://projectedfigures.com/2022/06/11/hatching-pahanhautoja-2022/