The Heist
Like so many of Pierce Brosnan’s pre-Bond films, The Heist (1989) is a lot of unpretentious fun. The Heist isn’t as good as Taffin (1988), as sleazy as Victim Of… Read more »
Like so many of Pierce Brosnan’s pre-Bond films, The Heist (1989) is a lot of unpretentious fun. The Heist isn’t as good as Taffin (1988), as sleazy as Victim Of… Read more »
With Shout! Factory’s announcement today that they’ll be releasing John Guillermin’s King Kong (1976) I thought it would be fitting to discuss this childhood favorite. I must have watched King… Read more »
Miklós Jancsó’s Szegénylegények (1966) is one of those films that makes up the upper echelon of cinematic achievement. It’s been praised as a “classic” a “must-see” and has been a… Read more »
Sometimes I am surprised by which films my students seem to love. I’ve learned that if a film contains a certain degree of exuberance, that exuberance tends to lend itself… Read more »
If you’re the best there is they never would have invented the wheel. The best Schwarzenegger films always have a bit more to them than just the muscle of action… Read more »
I wrote a piece recently about sensory memory. For me personally I experience sensory memory through the cinema more than any other stimuli. To Sleep With Anger (1990) in particular… Read more »
Blue Underground released Claude Pierson’s Justin de Sade (1972) as part of their limited edition collection Fifty Shades of de Sade along with three films by Jess Franco. This was… Read more »
Lucia Aniello’s Rough Night (2017) has really taken quite a beating from critics. It isn’t a great movie, but it isn’t bad. I remember seeing this at a theater in… Read more »
Critics often talk about films as being “harrowing” or “transcendent” as if these traits were something that serious cinema should aspire to. All the while these same “harrowing” and “transcendent”… Read more »
Why did you always hate making pictures, Louise? – William A. Wellman, 1932 Beggars Of Life (1928) is another unsung classic getting a second life courtesy of Kino-Lorber. Beggars Of… Read more »