Mat Colegate
Black Sky Thinking
The Jonathan Swift of NYC: an Appreciation of Larry Cohen
Whether working in Blaxploitation, horror or sc-fi, auteur Larry Cohen was often battling against constraints created by money, time and his own skill set, says Mat Colegate, but ultimately he trained a satirical eye on America few could match
Black Sky Thinking
The Jonathan Swift of NYC: an Appreciation of Larry Cohen
Whether working in Blaxploitation, horror or sc-fi, auteur Larry Cohen was often battling against constraints created by money, time and his own skill set, says Mat Colegate, but ultimately he trained a satirical eye on America few could match
Anniversary
This Land is Death: Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre at 50
On the 50th anniversary of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Mat Colegate pushes back against the common consensus that its director Tobe Hooper spent the rest of his career merely failing to escape its shadow, and argues that he deserves just as much acclaim for the misunderstood filmography that was to follow
Anniversary
This Land is Death: Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre at 50
On the 50th anniversary of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Mat Colegate pushes back against the common consensus that its director Tobe Hooper spent the rest of his career merely failing to escape its shadow, and argues that he deserves just as much acclaim for the misunderstood filmography that was to follow
Organic Intelligence
Organic Intelligence XXXVI: Under-the-Radar Italian Pulp Film Soundtracks
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Mat Colegate goes deep into the bloody realm of Italian schlock scores – Goblin! Libra! Daniele Pattuchi! The soundtrack to that film about PCP maddened animals attacking Frankfurt!
Organic Intelligence
Organic Intelligence XXXVI: Under-the-Radar Italian Pulp Film Soundtracks
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Mat Colegate goes deep into the bloody realm of Italian schlock scores – Goblin! Libra! Daniele Pattuchi! The soundtrack to that film about PCP maddened animals attacking Frankfurt!
Film
Playing Possum: Matthew Holness’s Other Dark Places
Mat Colegate interviews Matthew Holness about his film debut Possum, out this weekend. Learn about how Holness was introduced to the world of horror fiction, the funniness of failure, and then click through to hear Holness talk about his favourite examples of the genre
Film
Playing Possum: Matthew Holness’s Other Dark Places
Mat Colegate interviews Matthew Holness about his film debut Possum, out this weekend. Learn about how Holness was introduced to the world of horror fiction, the funniness of failure, and then click through to hear Holness talk about his favourite examples of the genre
Film
Pain & Pleasure, Indivisible: Stephen Thrower Of Coil On Clive Barker
With Clive Barker's Hellraiser celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, Mat Colegate talks to Coil and Cylobe member and horror afficionado Stephen Thrower about Barker's legacy, and the unreleased Coil soundtrack to Hellraiser
Film
Pain & Pleasure, Indivisible: Stephen Thrower Of Coil On Clive Barker
With Clive Barker's Hellraiser celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, Mat Colegate talks to Coil and Cylobe member and horror afficionado Stephen Thrower about Barker's legacy, and the unreleased Coil soundtrack to Hellraiser
Film
Into The Fire: Rollo Smallcombe On Scoring Clouzot’s Inferno
This weekend The Barbican is presenting a specially re-edited and re-scored presentation of Henri-Georges Clouzot's great lost film The Inferno. We talk to Rollo Smallcombe about the challenges of re-framing one of the great missing movies
Film
Into The Fire: Rollo Smallcombe On Scoring Clouzot’s Inferno
This weekend The Barbican is presenting a specially re-edited and re-scored presentation of Henri-Georges Clouzot's great lost film The Inferno. We talk to Rollo Smallcombe about the challenges of re-framing one of the great missing movies
News
LIVE REPORT: Semibreve Festival
At the sixth edition of Portugal's Semibreve — with performances from Laurel Halo, Kara-Lis Coverdale and Jonathan Saldanha — Mat Colegate finds a festival not without its cathartic frenzy, but with a unique and refined focus, inviting its audience to really experience what's in front of them
News
LIVE REPORT: Semibreve Festival
At the sixth edition of Portugal's Semibreve — with performances from Laurel Halo, Kara-Lis Coverdale and Jonathan Saldanha — Mat Colegate finds a festival not without its cathartic frenzy, but with a unique and refined focus, inviting its audience to really experience what's in front of them
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In Conversation
Peer Review: Peter Strickland Interviews Cosey Fanni Tutti… and Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of her new album 2t2, Cosey Fanni Tutti is interviewed by inimitable film director Peter Strickland, before the tables are turned, with both parties free from any kind of interference from us
A Quietus Interview
Compelling Form: An Interview With Bruce
In the final year of his university music course, Bristol producer Bruce decided to leave behind electro-acoustic experimentation to make self-described 'bangers'. He tells Glenn Raymond why he's hoping to shake people's expectations with his mangled dancefloor constructions
Reissue of the Week
A Photocopy of a Polaroid of an X-Ray of a Ghost: The Sabres Of Paradise Reissues
As Warp reissue the first two albums from The Sabres Of Paradise, Lee Brackstone reflects on how Andrew Weatherall led bandmates Gary Burns and Jagz Kooner on a determined excursion through the twinkling, psychedelic sonic margins
