Not Wanted
Not Wanted (1949) was the last film that Elmer Clifton contributed to. After a short period Clifton, a maestro at the “slave girl” exploitation shocker of the thirties, was taken… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Martha
Martha (1974) is one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s most disturbing cinematic creations. Made for West German television, Martha is a startling look at the possessive nature of marriage told in… Read more »
Girlfriends
The value of Girlfriends (1978) comes from the fact that it’s a film about women’s friendships. This is rare in mainstream cinema, and for decades Girlfriends has existed only on… Read more »
Conspirator
Arthur Hornblow Jr. produces this American-British co production with all the trappings of Hollywood prestige that he brought to his earlier screwball comedies. Hornblow Jr.’s films always tend to be… Read more »
The Mission
When Roland Joffé made The Mission (1986) he was at the height of his power having won tremendous acclaim for his film The Killing Fields (1984). On the basis of… Read more »
Twilight’s Last Gleaming
There are no midgets in the United States Air Force. – General Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster) Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977) was middle-aged, white liberal Hollywood’s reckoning with the United States’… Read more »
Buffalo Soldiers
I was pretty excited when I saw that the Criterion Channel would be streaming Buffalo Soldiers (1997) as part of their Black Westerns series. I can remember when this movie… Read more »
Witchfinder General
Vincent Price excels as Matthew Hopkins, the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General. Hopkins is a man who exploits the superstitions and faith of East Anglia in order to fulfill his own appetites… Read more »
Split Second
“We need to get bigger guns; big fucking guns!” goes the mantra of the final act of Tony Maylam’s delightfully schizophrenic genre mash-up Split Second (1992). In this film Kim… Read more »
Drive
Any cinephile on social media has seen Nicolas Winding Refn teasing an upcoming 4K Ultra-HD release of Drive (2011). I remember when Drive came out that I didn’t expect it… Read more »
