This time out, Gali has picked Brian De Palma's classic 1983 gangster movie, SCARFACE. Al Pacino inhabits one of his most iconic roles as the ambitious Cuban immigrant Tony Montana. We follow as he scales the drug trade in Miami, from lowly enforcer to gilded kingpin. Put on your dancing shoes, turn up the neon,... Continue Reading →

With the first pick, Devlin chooses Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Hot on the heels of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we examine this ostensibly faithful adaptation (hence the authorial namecheck!) in the mini 1990s Universal Monster revival.Genius young physician-in-training Victor Frankenstein (Branagh himself) uses a personal tragedy as the catalyst for his quest to defy death... Continue Reading →