Using a stripped-back arsenal of hardware, former Pan Sonic man Mika Vainio opens up chasmic sound worlds that bridge noise, techno and the early electronic avant garde. In a rare interview, he speaks to Russell Cuzner about new album Kilo and the importance of emotion in music
Continuing the saga of the Loudun possessions made famous by The Devils, Jerzy Kawalerowicz's picture actually predates Ken Russell's masterpiece by a decade. Anthony Nield watches a landmark of Polish cinema, newly restored for DVD release later this month
After witnessing the 1986 action movie Aliens accompanied by a live orchestra, Joel McIver nominates it as the best film of its genre ever made. For those who have been hiding in the Jungle Of Guam, waiting for WWII to end - ****Contains Spoilers****
From its lurid aesthetics to its pulsing soundtrack, director Nicolas Pesce's second feature, Piercing, is a homage to the great Italian horror movies of the 1970s. Here he takes us through ten of his favourites, from Dario Argento to Lucio Fulci and beyond