Ronin Cinema

28/08/2026

Hoard (2023)

Director: Luna Carmoon Maria (Lily-Beau Leach), a young girl and her mother Cynthia (Hayley Squires) are out late at night collecting treasure for their 'catalogue of love'. At home, there is a lot more of this treasure. Cynthia’s constant elevated mood twinned with suffocating affection gives the viewer the confidence to think that Maria is living or enduring in her mother’s world. After Cynthia has an accident in the home, Maria is sent to foster care, and subsequently remains there. Ten years later, she appears to be living a stable life with her foster mom Michelle (Samantha Spiro)....

Director: Luna Carmoon Maria (Lily-Beau Leach), a young girl and her mother Cynthia (Hayley Squires) are out late at night collecting treasure for their ‘catalogue of love’. At home, th…

28/02/2026

It’s been a minute since I have written a post. You know how it is, when your passion is essentially a hobby, then life gets in the way and takes over sometimes. In my case, I had to have sur…

12/01/2026

Walking in Circles

With the recent release of The Long Walk (2025) I wondered, young people in a totalitarian government’s televised competition where only one contestant can survive, where have I seen that before? The Long Walk, a novel written by Stephen King and published in 1979. describes a dystopian survival thriller. Fifty boys in an annual televised walking marathon must maintain a pace of three miles an hour, non-stop. After three warnings, the boy is executed. Whomever lasts the longest wins a large cash prize and a wish fulfillment. My mind wandered to…...

With the recent release of The Long Walk (2025) I wondered, young people in a totalitarian government’s televised competition where only one contestant can survive, where have I seen that before? T…

14/10/2025

Transformation isn't horror. It's heartbreak John Landis' An American Werewolf in London is a genre-defying howl of a film - equal parts body horror, dark comedy and tragic myth. It follows David, a young American backpacker bitten on the Moors and cursed to transform under the full moon. What unfolds is a cinematic metamorphosis: grotesque, emotional and unforgettable. This week's trivia goes beyond the fur and fog to reveal the film's legacy, innovation and emotional depth. Behind the Frame - Trivia & Insights The Transformation Scene Changed Cinema Rick Baker's practical effects for David's transformation were groundbreaking....

Transformation isn’t horror. It’s heartbreak John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London is a genre-defying howl of a film – equal parts body horror, dark comedy and tragic …

13/10/2025

Howl with elegance, instinct and mythic dread.

13/10/2025

Three werewolves. Three eras. One feral myth. This week's moodboard is stitched from fur, fog and transformation. Werewolves aren't just monsters - they're metaphors. For repression, rage, identity and instinct. From classic horror to punk body cinema to sleek techno noir, these films trace the evolution of lycanthropy through style, emotion and myth. We're curating a visual archive of cinematic metamorphosis: torn fabric, silver, moons, snarling mouths and the quiet dread of becoming something else. Featured Films The Wolf Man (1941) George Waggner Mood: Gothic tragedy, fog-drenched fate. Why it Belongs:...

Three werewolves. Three eras. One feral myth. This week’s moodboard is stitched from fur, fog and transformation. Werewolves aren’t just monsters – they’re metaphors. For re…

10/10/2025

Half-human, half-vampire, all vengeance.

Flowers for Wesley Snipes for playing a formidable character!

10/10/2025

Half vampire. All vengeance. Before Twilight sparkled and True Blood simmered, Blade slashed through the screen with martial elegance and mythic fury. Directed by Stephen Norrington and starring Wesley Snipes in a career defining role, Blade fused horror, action and comic book lore into a cinematic cocktail of blood, leather and techno beats. This wasn't just a vampire film - it was a genre reset. Stylish, brutal and unapologetically cool, Blade turned the vampire myth into a modern mythos of rebellion, identity and survival. Why it Changed the Game Wesley Snipes Was Born for This…...

Half vampire. All vengeance. Before Twilight sparkled and True Blood simmered, Blade slashed through the screen with martial elegance and mythic fury. Directed by Stephen Norrington and starring We…

09/10/2025

The shadow that started it all.

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