SubUrbia
It would be easy to mistake SubUrbia (1996) for another Dazed And Confused (1993). Superficially, the plot of SubUrbia is about a group of recent high school graduates who begin… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Hellbound Train
Marginalized and oppressed by society, Black American filmmakers made their films on the fringe for decades. Black filmmakers James and Eloyce Gist made films to augment their sermons as part… Read more »
Dr. Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022) is the latest and probably the best of Disney’s MCU related projects. But it’s also a deeply flawed film. Sam Raimi, a… Read more »
The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
The Joe Berlinger series Conversations With A Killer on Netflix has had an immeasurable impact on the true crime documentary genre. Berlinger’s second series, The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (2022),… Read more »
Sukkubus – den Teufel im Leib
Much of the folklore regarding the Alps warns of the perils of the landscape, of nature. There’s another strain of folk tales that emphasizes the importance of adhering to one’s… Read more »
The Prestige
Christopher Nolan made The Prestige (2006) between his first and second Batman features. It was a return for Nolan to the pseudo non-linear narrative storytelling of Memento (2000) but with… Read more »
Diabel
Hypocrisy, oppression, guilt, manipulation and rage are the constants in society as it is seen by filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski. These are also the traits which, traditionally, the Devil exploits in… Read more »
The Female Animal
Universal Studios regular Harry Keller directed the Hedy Lamarr lead melodrama The Female Animal (1958). This campy riff on Sunset Boulevard (1950) sees the legendary Lamarr as Vanessa Windsor, an… Read more »
Sleepwalkers
Mick Garris and Stephen King have had a long and fruitful working relationship together, both good and bad. Their first full fledged collaboration, with Garris directing and King writing, was… Read more »
Mad Dog Morgan
Philippe Mora’s Mad Dog Morgan (1976) is a film that is at once very much in love with the Romantic depiction of the Australian bushranger while also being a kind… Read more »
