To coincide with the BFI’s ‘Gothic’ season, our new theme is ‘Daughters of Darkness’, inspired by Harry Kümel’s steamy vampire tale, reviewed by Kim Newman. We also have pieces on Irma Vep, Spanish Gothic horror Julia’s Eyes, and some of the finest female-led dark classics, including Suspiria and Eyes without a Face, from our archive.
Cinema releases this month are dominated by male villains, from Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre, to gun-loving genius JohnMilius, and Franz Biberkopf in R.W. Fassbinder’s epic television seriesBerlin Alexanderplatz, back on screen in its original 35mm beauty. Also out in November are Alfonso Cuarón’s mesmerising Gravity, Ridley Scott’s The Counsellor, Jeremy Lovering’s In Fear and mumblecore director Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess, plus we have a comic strip review of this year's Cannes winner Blue Is the Warmest Colour.
New DVD/Blu-rays include BBC’s 1972 paranormal TV anthology Dead of Night, Flipside’s latest release, Schalcken the Painter, plus Fritz Lang’sDr. Mabuse the Gambler and Brian De Palma’s The Fury.
In features, Jane Giles revisits London after Midnight, while authorPaula Brackston chooses Alien’s Ripley as her alter ego. We have an exclusive two-part interview with 'the king of the B-movie', Roger Corman, and in Reel Sounds, we talk to legendary Italian composer Fabio Frizzi. Festival reports include Sitges, more from Toronto, and our final LFF round-up, plus we have a new Cine Lit column.■
Gosh! Comics signings and events
The Image Triple Signing with Brandon Graham, Fiona Staples, and Eric Stephenson
Together with Thought Bubble, we proudly present a BEHEMOTH of a signing – featuring three of Image Comics’ biggest and brightest. Join us on the Friday, the 22nd of November, and meet Brandon Graham (Prophet, King City), Fiona Staples (Saga), and Eric Stephenson (Nowhere Men).
Friday November 22nd, from 5pm to 7pm
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá Signing
For our second event in conjunction with November’s Leeds Thought Bubble Festival, we bring you the remarkably talented Brazilian comic-creator-twin-duo, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá! You’ll know them from their lovely artwork on The Umbrella Academy (written by Gerard Way) and the Casanova series (written by Matt Fraction), and most importantly from their collaborative effort, Daytripper, a beautiful book about death and family which is a consistent bestseller.
Wednesday November 27th, from 5pm to 7pm
Jeffrey Brown in conversation with Marc Ellerby
A legend of autobiographical comics, Jeffrey started out by self-publishing his first book, Clumsy (James Kochalka’s favourite graphic novel), which grabbed an enormous amount of attention from both cartoonists and comics fans, not to mention the attention of future publisher Chris Staros at Top Shelf. After Clumsy, he produced a whole series of heartfelt chronicles about his life and relationships, with the occasional absurdist superhero parody thrown in…
Here to talk to the man himself is Marc Ellerby, one of the most well-known names on the UK indie comics scene.
November 28th from 7.30pm until 9.00pm
Windowpane 2 and Breakdown Press Launch Party
Breakdown Press is a new London-based comics publisher dedicated to printing the work of original and exciting contemporary cartoonists. Having released Windowpane by Joe Kessler at last year’s Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival to great critical acclaim, Breakdown will be returning to the newly reinstated Comic Arts Brooklyn as well as Thought Bubble festival with Windowpane 2 and a raft of other exciting new releases.
Friday, 29 November 2013 from 7pm to 9pm
Gosh! Comics, 1 Berwick Street, London, W1F 0DR