Displaying items by tag: Underworld

It’s funny how the passage of time can completely change the public’s perception of art. Today, it’s almost impossible to conceive how the first album by the Velvet Underground, and the films Performance and Wicker Man were not heralded as masterpieces on release. But back then they were either criticized or ignored.

When people talk about classic British gangster films, invariably they mention Get Carter or The Long Good Friday, yet other classic British gangster films

Set in the seedy, tawdry backstreet world of strip clubs, tacky photo-shoots, and faded glamour which characterised parts of late 1950s London, Cover Girl Killer would have made (and indeed probably did make) an ideal bottom-of-the-bill companion to such contemporary productions as Peeping Tom.