"a delicious blend of spookiness, social satire, terrifying apparitions, binge drinking, sexy interludes, and a fine cat"
"as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"any book that references Robert Aickman and Ronnie James Dio is a must buy"
"a delicious blend of spookiness, social satire, terrifying apparitions, binge drinking, sexy interludes, and a fine cat"
"as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"any book that references Robert Aickman and Ronnie James Dio is a must buy"
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"original, diverse, intelligent, & multi-cultural"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"original, diverse, intelligent, & multi-cultural"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
"an absolutely terrific ghost story"
"An engagingly creepy story of status anxiety in Notting Hill, where one flat appears to be stuck in a macabre capsule of its own sordid past amid the surrounding gentrification"
"Funny and spooky"
"an absolutely terrific ghost story"
"An engagingly creepy story of status anxiety in Notting Hill, where one flat appears to be stuck in a macabre capsule of its own sordid past amid the surrounding gentrification"
"Funny and spooky"
"Dark, sharp, chic and very funny" (Christopher Fowler)
"A superb satirist" (Salman Rushdie)
"distinctive, original and refreshing" (Kim Newman)
"Absolute drivel" (The Spectator, IIRC)
"Dark, sharp, chic and very funny" (Christopher Fowler)
"A superb satirist" (Salman Rushdie)
"distinctive, original and refreshing" (Kim Newman)
"Absolute drivel" (The Spectator, IIRC)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"original, diverse, intelligent, & multi-cultural"
"a smart, shrewd & at times laugh-out-loud study of cats in film"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"original, diverse, intelligent, & multi-cultural"
"a smart, shrewd & at times laugh-out-loud study of cats in film"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
"a witty, baudy, surreal, head trip of a book that mixes occultism & East End gangsters"
"like a collaboration between ‘Evil Dead 2’ era Sam Raimi & surrealist Luis Bunuel"
"Hateful Eight on acid"
"What they said. It's a riot."
"a witty, baudy, surreal, head trip of a book that mixes occultism & East End gangsters"
"like a collaboration between ‘Evil Dead 2’ era Sam Raimi & surrealist Luis Bunuel"
"Hateful Eight on acid"
"What they said. It's a riot."
"the perfect book for cat lovers"
"Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"the perfect book for cat lovers"
"Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
"possibly the greatest book ever"
Photograph (1989) by Anne Billson
Photograph (1989) by Anne Billson
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
or, as one reader complained, "contains no reviews of any films since 2013, so useless if you want reviews for any films of the last decade"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
or, as one reader complained, "contains no reviews of any films since 2013, so useless if you want reviews for any films of the last decade"
"a witty, baudy, surreal, head trip of a book that mixes occultism & East End gangsters"
"like a collaboration between ‘Evil Dead 2’ era Sam Raimi & surrealist Luis Bunuel"
"Hateful Eight on acid"
"What they said. It's a riot."
"a witty, baudy, surreal, head trip of a book that mixes occultism & East End gangsters"
"like a collaboration between ‘Evil Dead 2’ era Sam Raimi & surrealist Luis Bunuel"
"Hateful Eight on acid"
"What they said. It's a riot."
On the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, we celebrate the biggest film stars of them all – from a stone colossus to a metal-munching alien and a 50ft woman on the rampage
Anne Billson
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
On the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, we celebrate the biggest film stars of them all – from a stone colossus to a metal-munching alien and a 50ft woman on the rampage
Anne Billson
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
"a delicious blend of spookiness, social satire, terrifying apparitions, binge drinking, sexy interludes, and a fine cat" "what can I tell you, it's brilliant"
"Like reading a '70s Hammer film"
"as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"a delicious blend of spookiness, social satire, terrifying apparitions, binge drinking, sexy interludes, and a fine cat" "what can I tell you, it's brilliant"
"Like reading a '70s Hammer film"
"as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
includes the short story "MY DAY BY JONES" aka ALIEN from the POV of Jones the cat.
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"original, diverse, intelligent, and multi-cultural"
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
includes the short story "MY DAY BY JONES" aka ALIEN from the POV of Jones the cat.
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"original, diverse, intelligent, and multi-cultural"