Rouge
‘It’s not easy being a woman.” Director Stanley Kwan opens Rouge (1987) with a series of camera moves that dolly one way while panning in another direction. It is a… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Blind Woman’s Curse
“I’ve been cursed by a cat!” Blind Woman’s Curse (1970) is a convoluted yakuza tale peppered with moments of visual brilliance. The film stars Meiko Kaji as an honorable yakuza… Read more »
The Man Who Knew Too Little
“He’s in the movie business.” The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) is a spy comedy that takes its cues from the films of Jerry Lewis and Don Knotts. Bill… Read more »
Fly Me To The Moon
Fly Me To The Moon (2024) feels like a film made by committee. A film where studio executives had the final say. Everything is played safe and nothing at all… Read more »
Dolls
“The longest night in the world.” Tourist Trap (1979) and Dolls (1987) are by far the creepiest Charles Band productions I have ever seen. Dolls oozes a Gothic atmosphere and… Read more »
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (2024) continues the mythologizing of the previous two entries in the franchise. Unlike the films made in the sixties and seventies, these new… Read more »
Ma-ma
“One for all and all for Suru!” I grew up watching Zoobilee Zoo (1986-87). This predisposed me towards actors in colorful animal make-up who sing and dance. Sadly, there just… Read more »
Hold Back The Dawn
Mitchell Leisen directed Hold Back The Dawn (1941) from a screenplay by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. Famously the director and screenwriters didn’t get along. However, the resulting film from… Read more »
La Nuit américaine
Anyone who has ever worked on a film (underground, independent or otherwise) will appreciate La Nuit américaine (1973) all the more. Working on a film is living in an insular… Read more »
The Gypsy Moths
“If you lived here you’d be home now.” The Gypsy Moths (1969) was the final film that director John Frankenheimer made with leading man Burt Lancaster. The two men began… Read more »
