The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Friday the 13th (2019) The Odeon of Death can be found on Twitter at, perhaps not altogether surprisingly, @OdeonofDeath.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. The Odeon of Death can be found on Twitter at, perhaps not altogether surprisingly, @OdeonofDeath.
Chris Sullivan on a sprawling, ambitious tale of murder, blackmail, and corruption in mid-century New York that has dark resonances for London today.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. The Grime Singer (1927) Michael Gove plays the titular artist whose blackface routine has them stampeding in the aisles. Hits include (Up the) Swanee (with the Tories), Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (No), and We’ve Had Enough of…
Chris Sullivan reviews Martin Scorsese’ latest film, The Irishman and explores the history of the cult of Mafia films.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Shite Hawk Down (2001) The pitiful tale of a helicopter pilot who can’t tell upstairs from downstairs, recognise his own hand, break off friendships with convicted paedophiles, or perspire (even after eating the ‘Diavolo’ with extra Jalapeño peppers at…
A damning portrait of zero-hours contracts, private debt and public austerity in Brexit Britain.
Noah (Show-a) (2019) And lo, a great flood came upon the earth, and the Lord said to Noah, Buildeth thou an ark. So he did, and sailed far away, as the people of South Yorkshire cried, “Shit! Come back!” And over the waves the distant strains of Rock the Casbah could be heard… The Odeon…
(With apologies to Theodor Geisel) Who’s that creeping in the fog?
Halloween (2019) Notice: the Odeon regrets to announce the cancellation of tonight’s screening, in which Michael Myers may or may not end up dead in a ditch. The show will be rescheduled for late January 2020. Maybe. The Odeon of Death can be found on Twitter at, perhaps not altogether surprisingly, @OdeonofDeath.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Interminablenator: Dark Fart (2019) The peace and prosperity of the UK is under threat from a new Terminator sent from the future. Skynet’s secret weapon, the D0MCUM-1000, absolutely will not stop, ever, until we are dead. The Odeon of…
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Brexit: The Movie (2019) Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer star in this surreal black comedy. ** Cinema note: this is an ongoing and endless feature presentation. Once the auditorium doors are locked, there’s no way out again. The Odeon of…
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
Chris Sullivan gives his take on the controversial new film starring Joaquin Phoenix and compares its dystopian vision with 1970s New York and the UK today.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Nineteen Eighty-Four II: The Return of Big Brother (2019) “Nobody heard what Big Brother was saying. It was merely a few words of encouragement, the sort of words that are uttered in the din of battle, not distinguishable individually…
Chris Sullivan reviews the film Judy and considers how the star became a victim of her own fame.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. The Bulk (2019) BULK SMASH BACKSTOP! After laugh-a-minute Doctor Alex Johnson is exposed to Gammon radiation, he transforms into the Uncredible Bulk, a violently destructive idiot with his ever-present catchphrase, “Don’t make me Ukippy… you wouldn’t like me when…
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Solent Red (2022) In a polluted and starving Britain of the near-future, Charlton Heston’s under-resourced policeman discovers the terrible truth about the nation’s main food supply, Get Ready-Brek… The Odeon of Death can be found on Twitter at, perhaps…
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Cecil B DeMille’s Cain & Unable (1949) And it came to pass in the land of Angels there were two brothers, one brutish with hair like unclean corn, and one a bit nicer. And lo, when Unable saw what…
In Ancient Egypt, a heretical high priest named Dominhotep is brought back to life by a wicked Pharaoh (Boris Snarl-off) @OdeonofDeath’s review of the week
A body is found in a sleepy New England town, but nobody knows whodunnit, in Hitchcock’s classic black comedy
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
The Odeon of Death with a special look the day’s events through the medium of cinema.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Fat Cats 2019 Big screen adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical starring Jacob Rees-Moggy, Nadhim Meowey, and Mr Piffle-Paffle, pictured here performing his showtune “I’ve done you up like a kipper (and now I’m going to eat you).”…
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
Alison Klayman’s new documentary follows the right-wing media executive and one-time Trump confidante Steve Bannon on his mission to create a populist US and Europe.
Chris Sullivan hails a new addition to the Marvel franchise, that marvels with its spectacle when all else fails.
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
CJ Werleman speaks to the Australian filmmaker Benjamin Gilmour about his new film Jirga.
In the first of our new series, The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
Chris Sullivan on the age-old debate about whether fictional displays of violence increase it in reality, now informed by some groundbreaking research.
DJ and writer Chris Sullivan on the timely new film ‘Beats’ as he explores 30 years of rave culture in the UK.
Chris Sullivan celebrates the gritty revisionism of the modern Western, but wonders whether Bad Smells alone are Good Enough
Willem Dafoe’s performance as Van Gogh is “beyond brilliant” says Chris Sullivan, who ponders whether creativity is always close to madness.