The Lost City
In promoting her latest picture actor and producer Sandra Bullock has, while defending her modestly budgeted romantic comedy, attacked the major studios in Hollywood. Bullock makes the case that her… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Cloak & Dagger
Richard Franklin’s film Cloak & Dagger (1984) very cleverly takes a cookie-cutter Cold War espionage narrative and replaces the usual square-jawed hero with a little boy. It’s a rough and… Read more »
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane
Rynn (Jodie Foster), an orphan, lives alone, carrying on the charade that her late poet father is still alive. On her thirteenth birthday (which also happens to be Halloween night),… Read more »
Marry Me
Marry Me (2022) is a film that wears its influences on its sleeve; it’s part James L. Brooks and part Nancy Meyers. Marry Me brings the romantic comedy of the… Read more »
Iguana
Monte Hellman’s reputation for making artful B-movies was made in the mid-sixties with a pair of westerns; The Shooting (1966) and Ride In The Whirlwind (1966). It is for these… Read more »
Castle Freak
Before going into production on Space Truckers (1996), Stuart Gordon directed Castle Freak (1995) for Charles Band’s Full Moon Features. Gordon was obliged to shoot Castle Freak on a low… Read more »
Best Friends
Crown International Pictures (CIP) sold Noel Nosseck’s Best Friends (1975) as pure exploitation fare. The ad copy as well as the poster illustrations implied that the premise of the film… Read more »
Abschied von gestern
It wouldn’t be a stretch to call Alexander Kluge the “father” of New German Cinema. Kluge was an original signatory of the Oberhausen Manifesto and it was his early films… Read more »
Kenny & Company
Don Coscarelli’s films, no matter their genre, feel uniquely personal to the filmmaker; these are the films Coscarelli always wanted to make. In a manner similar to that of John… Read more »
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
From the wild imagination of Makoto Tezuka comes Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero (1990). Shot directly to video, Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero is an artifact of its time, boasting some of… Read more »
