Category: Film Reviews

Party Girl

Party Girl (1958) combines the gritty truths of a showgirl’s life with the romantic garishness of MGM; it’s a balancing act between the unbridled machismo of the gangster drama and… Read more »

Cosmos

Cosmos (2015) was the last film that Andrzej Żuławski ever made. It’s clear from the start that Żuławski intends to bid adieu to the cinema. Cosmos is full of self-referential… Read more »

Allan Arkush’s film Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) is a deeply felt, autobiographical expression by the filmmaker within the idiom of early sixties teeny bopper rock musicals. Arkush drew… Read more »

Fury

Fury (1936) was Fritz Lang’s first American feature film after fleeing Nazi Germany. The film is a not so subtle indictment by Lang of the German people’s embrace of Hitler…. Read more »

Rubin & Ed

For a very long time the only way to own Rubin & Ed (1991) was on VHS. For the better part of my life I tried to locate this indie… Read more »

La seduzione

La seduzione (1973) sees Italian auteur Fernando Di Leo moving outside of the confines of his beloved poliziotteschi and giallo genres to try his hand at the erotic drama. The… Read more »

Spike Of Bensonhurst

In pre-Giuliani New York, Spike (Sasha Mitchell) is an up and coming boxer looking to climb the ranks of Baldo Cacetti’s (Ernest Borgnine) criminal organization. First Spike tries to get… Read more »

Le Gai savoir

Le Gai savoir (1969) finds Jean-Luc Godard in a period of transition. At the time Godard was becoming progressively more radically Marxist while, as an artist, he was attempting to… Read more »

Thor: Love & Thunder

Thor: Love & Thunder (2022) sees Taika Waititi return to Disney’s Marvel franchise as writer and director. This time out Waititi channels his love of 80s Steven Spielberg/Amblin family films… Read more »

Violent Cop

Released in 1989, Violent Cop heralded the arrival of Takeshi Kitano as a serious new cinematic force. Before making his debut as a director Kitano made a name for himself… Read more »