Lost Highway
Barry Gifford’s first forray into the “world” of David Lynch came when Lynch adapted Gifford’s novel Wild At Heart into a feature film in 1990. Though Gifford did not participate… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Lord Love A Duck
Lord Love A Duck (1966) is perhaps one of the most offbeat satirical comedies of the sixties, a film that attempts to and succeeds at lampooning both the teen sex… Read more »
Les plages d’Agnes
It is indisputable that Agnes Varda’s background as a photographer has informed all of her films. Her primary concern as a filmmaker has always been with the ability of film,… Read more »
Husbands
For a long time this film was nearly impossible to see. John Cassavetes is my favorite filmmaker and for a long while this title eluded me. My friend Dan had… Read more »
The Fall Of The Romanov Dynasty
In 1927 The Fall Of The Romanov Dynasty was completed and released. Commissioned a year earlier by the Sovkino, The Fall Of The Romanov Dynasty was the first documentary film… Read more »
Blow The Man Down
Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy’s Blow The Man Down (2019) has a lot of great things going on in terms of technique. Every frame of this film evokes the… Read more »
Kiss The Blood Off My Hands
It is relatively easy today to discover a film. It is certainly far easier today than it was when I was growing up. Online streaming platforms such as the CriterionChannel… Read more »
Straight To Hell
Just before directing his masterpiece Walker (1987) Alex Cox helmed this typically offbeat revival of the Spaghetti Western. The film is the product of a failed charity concert film Cox… Read more »
Les Bonnes Femmes
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) was a financial disappointment for Claude Charbol, though he considers it his best work of the era. Charbol’s film is dark and gloomy. It has captured… Read more »
Killing Melody
In 2010 Ethbo Records released their much lauded compilation album Killing Melody: Instrumental Music From Japanese Pinky Violence Movies. Ethbo’s release, similar to those of labels Finders Keepers and Crippled… Read more »
