Ken Russell News

A GOTHIC Weekend of Hallucinations Last night, I was circling a local used video store for some long forgotten haunts when I happened upon GOTHIC .

Is Mahler the best of Ken Russell's composer biographies? I'm inclined to say yes.

When the American poet Ezra Pound was visiting the Allied Artists' Association exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall in 1913, he was admiring Henri Gaudier-Brzeska's sculpture The Wrestler when a slender young man darted out from behind its plinth.

"Dazed & Amazed" -- yeah, that's about as a good a way to sum up what I saw recently as ANYTHING, people!!! I mean the SECOND I saw those undeniably-dazzling and unique-looking Brentano Haleen computer-generated lithographs in the back part of that New York Life insurance office the day I was there to take notes on Narda Pitkethly's beautiful ...

Long-time camera operator for Freddie Francis who graduated to full-fledged cinematographer on Ken Russell's "Tommy" while still serving as second unit camera operator on "Moonraker" and "The Dark Crystal".... Long-time camera operator for Freddie Francis who graduated to full-fledged cinematographer on Ken Russell's "Tommy" while still serving as ...

The Who's lavish musical favourite Tommy gets a welcome Surrey revival this week when the Epsom Players bring the colourful classic to the Epsom Playhouse.

Ken Russell's 1965 BBC film The Debussy Film is one of the filmmaker's most striking works - and one of the most historically significant.

Before we get down to the topic at hand, I want to take a moment to note that this column appears on Ken Russell's 82nd birthday.

Known primarily for his exploration of sexual themes and his stylistic excesses, controversial British director Ken Russell first found himself artistically as a still photographer, contributing to such publications as.... Known primarily for his exploration of sexual themes and his stylistic excesses, controversial British director Ken Russell ...

An ebullient, poshly elegant leading lady, Amanda Donohue was seen at her best in "The Lair of the White Worm" , Ken Russell's slice of contemporary Gothic ham.

BORN film student is making a killing with his zombie movie - but needs donations to help fund it.

TheatreZone presents "Tommy," running through this weekend, in a sparse, but effective production.

Amidst many other notable cult films one should always find mention of Ken Russell's Lair of the White Worm .

Studio: Pioneer Entertainment Year: 1988 Cast: Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, Catherine Oxenberg,Sammi Davis, Peter Capaldi,Ken Russell Director: Rating: R for Nudity, horror gore Run Time: 01h:33m:00s Genres: For classic camp fare you can do no better than Lair of the White Worm , this is definately among the cream of the crop for the genre.