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Gianni Di Gregorio's excellent film Mid August Lunch is now available on Volta and since...
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Pop quiz hotshot. It’s an average Saturday night in middle-class Suburbia. Outside, Autumn winds are whisking crunchy golden leaves from the concrete driveway. Inside, you’re all alone – bored,...
Films to Get You Through Election Coverage Withdrawal
Though we’re all probably getting a little tired of the coverage of the American election, what will we do when it’s over? How will we get our fix of US political drama? Below is a list of some...
Six Things Horror Movies Have Ruined For Us
Human beings are a peculiar bunch. No other species derives pleasure from fear like we do. Perhaps this is the reason why you never see squirrels on roller coasters or end up sitting beside a horse...
Not Just a Pretty Face - Tom Noonan
In the spirit of Halloween, we're looking at our favourite under-valued creepy actor, Tom Noonan.
Volta-Inspired Halloween Costumes
We're big fans of Halloween here on Volta so we intend to have a bit of fun this week! To kick off we've selected some of our favourite costumes derived from Volta films and instructions on how to put...
Musings on Shut Up And Play The Hits
The music documentary, more recently christened the ‘rockumentary’ in popular culture, is inevitably associated, even synonymous with, a number of legendary films that captured music in a way never...
Irish weather mostly invokes anger in our citizens but however bad it gets you can always use a rainy day as an excuse to curl up and watch movies. Here's some of Volta's favourite weather-themed films...
Thanatophobia - Films That Deal With Mortality
Despite the fact that human beings are fully aware of their own mortality from a fairly early age, most of us never manage to nullify what is the most universal and common fear; thanatophobia - the...
Merchant Ivory: A Transnational Success Story
The phrase ‘Merchant Ivory’ today conjures up images of genteel Edwardians sipping iced tea in idyllic country gardens or kissing passionately on a Florentine bridge. Throughout fifty years of filmmaking...
