Emma Westwood writes about writing, cinema and other wild trips
In wrapping my head around Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia – which I will be reviewing shortly (as soon as a DVD copy lands on my desk) – I’ve decided to post a rather lengthy review originally published in Screem Magazine of his equally divisive film Antichrist. Lars Von Trier has done little to redeem his [...]
From the Screem Magazine archives – Part Two: I’d always suspected myself of suffering from an Australian cultural cringe, although motion pictures like this one – and the likes of Mad Max, Chopper, Lake Mungo, etc – indicate I may have been judging myself harshly. Let’s be honest, folks, good Australian films just tend to [...]
Holidays are merely a misty memory for me now. The sun, the surf, the being busy doing nothing. In my adjustment to reality, I’m turning my attention back to ‘words’… as typed on a page… via a computer. Here’s another one from the recent archives penned for the incomparable Darryl Mayeski from Screem Magazine. Now [...]
Along with Giorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth, the film that really blew my mind last year was Martyrs. It so affected me I hunted down its maker, Pascal Laugier, in Paris last August, cornered him in a 1st arrondissement café and made him reveal all his secrets over a two-hour interview. Well, not quite – the interview [...]
At the time I was making the international publicity rounds (virtually) for my book, I became acquainted with Scott Licina who was then Vice President of Fangoria Entertainment. He liked what I was doing and gave me free license to post whatever I wanted on the Fangoria website, which was quite the honour considering Fango’s [...]
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March 21, 2012
Emma Westwood
