Author Archives: Craig Skinner

Masters of Cinema Monthly May 2013 – Announcements And Roger Ebert’s Great Movies

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Craig Skinner

A Japanese ghost story, a riddle from France, a story of the South Seas and much more.

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Masters of Cinema Monthly April 2013 – Le Beau Serge, A New Podcast, Pedro Costa and the Many Faces in The Gospel According To St. Matthew

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Craig Skinner

Including: one good reason you should disobey Stanley Kubrick.

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Masters of Cinema Monthly – La Poison, Fear and Desire, Frank Tashlin and News About Delays

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Craig Skinner

The month in movie buffing. If that’s a thing.

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Masters of Cinema Monthly December 2012 – Announcements, Park Row and Trouble in Paradise

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Craig Skinner

Chabrol, Clouzot, Lubitsch and more.

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Masters of Cinema Monthly October 2012 – Fear and Desire, The Blue Angel, Onibaba, City of Women, La Poison and an Interview with Soul Power Director Jeffrey Levy-Hinte

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Craig Skinner

Craig Skinner digs up the best new releases of old films.

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Masters of Monthly September 2012 – Top Tens, Ro.Go.Pa.G., Mabuse and an Interview with Francis Ford Coppola

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Craig Skinner

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly. Neil Armstrong sadly passed away on the 25th of August and upon hearing the news I immediately reached for my copy of  For All Mankind. An enrapturing film and a wonderful way to remember Armstong, I …

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Masters of Cinema Monthly August 2012 – Park Row, Die Nibelungen, The Passion of Joan of Arc and More

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Craig Skinner

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly. Today saw Masters of  Cinema announce their Q4 releases for 2012 and the announcement is a mixture of pleasing confirmations and delightful surprises. September will see Soul Power return to the series, available as a dual …

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Masters of Cinema Monthly July 2012 – Ruggles of Red Gap, Island of Lost Souls, Double Indemnity,The Lost Weekend and a Very Special Poster Competition

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Craig Skinner

You will want to win this competion.

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Masters of Cinema May 2012 – Pasolini, Coppola, DeMille & Lang Plus Win! Masters of Cinema Posters

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Craig Skinner

A raft of announcements and lots more besides.

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Masters of Cinema Monthly April 2012 – Lifeboat, Pasolini, Lubitsch and The Birth of a Nation

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Craig Skinner

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly. First off let me apologise for the lateness of this month’s column, which was originally intended to be up a couple of weeks ago. Although delayed, by my moving house, the column still has plenty of fresh news …

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Masters of Cinema Monthly March 2012 – Insect Woman, Nishi Ginza Station, More Monte Hellman And An Interview With Alex Cox

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Craig Skinner

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly. Last month I brought you news of all the latest announcements from MoC, click back here to find them all. Due to the timing of my column going up though there was one announcement …

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Masters Of Cinema Monthly February 2012 – Announcements, Le Silence De La Mer, Punishment Park, The Future Of DVD And An Interview With Monte Hellman

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Craig Skinner

An incredibly full column overflowing with good stuff.

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Masters of Cinema Monthly January 2012 – Hitchcock, Two-Lane Blacktop And An Interview With Douglas Trumbull

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Craig Skinner

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly and Seasons Greetings! Masters of Cinema have recently posted their own Seasons Greetings message here with the image above of Hitchcock peeking out from behind a turkey. Most likely an image chosen simply because it’s …

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Douglas Trumbull Talks About His Next Space Adventure

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Craig Skinner

Douglas Trumbull’s wonderful directorial debut Silent Running is released on Blu-ray today, its first time in this format. The release is limited edition so don’t hang around if you want to pick one up. You should, it’s great. You can …

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Masters of Cinema Monthly December 2011 – Silent Running and Touch of Evil

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Craig Skinner

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly. As this month’s column comes shortly after the previous one there’s not too much MoC news. I’m therefore going to just focus on the two latest releases, the first fruits of MoC’s deal with …

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Masters of Cinema Monthly November 2011 – Imamura, Italy and the London Film Festival

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Craig Skinner

Craig Skinner writes for Bleeding Cool. Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly, a regular column here at Bleeding Cool dedicated to The Masters of Cinema Series. Every month I shall be writing about the latest Masters of Cinema news and taking a …

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Masters of Cinema Monthly – October 2011

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Craig Skinner

Craig Skinner writes for Bleeding Cool. Welcome to the first of what will be a monthly column here at Bleeding Cool dedicated to The Masters of Cinema Series. Every month I shall be writing about the latest Masters of Cinema news and …

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Blu-Ray Review: Amer

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Craig Skinner

Craig Skinner writes for Bleeding Cool: Opening with the propulsive beats of a soundtrack culled from the very best of seventies Italian explotation, and a split screen montage that challenges the viewer to piece together the images on offer, Amer …

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