Das Erdbeben in Chili
Helma Sanders-Brahms’ Das Erdbeben in Chili (1975) is a made for television film based upon a novella of the same name by Heinrich von Kleist. Both the film and the… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Murders In The Rue Morgue
Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932) is the first in a cycle of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations made by Universal Studios. Murders In The Rue Morgue was re-cut and censored… Read more »
Lifeforce
Tobe Hooper’s science-fiction/horror masterpiece Lifeforce (1985) was the first of a three picture deal the filmmaker had with Canon films following the success of Poltergeist (1982). Known for his visually… Read more »
The Adam Project
Ryan Reynolds’ latest vehicle, directed by Shawn Levy, The Adam Project (2022) sees the star backing off of his sarcastic motor-mouth persona to embrace a project that is 100% nostalgia…. Read more »
Crawl
Everyone who watched Skins (2007-2010) loved Effy Stonem (Kaya Scodelario); she was the epitome of cool. So who wouldn’t want to see badass Effy Stonem battle for survival against man-eating… Read more »
Bobby Deerfield
The titular character of Bobby Deerfield (1977) is a Formula One racer working the European circuits. After a fellow racer is killed and another injured in a freak accident, Deerfield… Read more »
Silverado
It’s not all that surprising that in the mid-eighties brothers Lawrence and Mark Kasdan would write a western about family values. Silverado (1985) is one of the better known westerns… Read more »
Desire & Hell At Sunset Motel
Desire & Hell At Sunset Motel (1992) was made at the height of the Neo-Noir craze that swept independent and straight-to-video productions in the late eighties and early nineties. Of… Read more »
See You In Hell, Friends
Filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko began shooting See You In Hell, Friends during the Prague Spring of 1968, finished the picture in 1970, but didn’t see it released until 1990. See You… Read more »
Les Sièges de l’Alcazar
Luc Moullet’s Les Sièges de l’Alcazar (1989) is a semi-autobiographical love letter to cinephilia. Les Sièges de l’Alcazar is bittersweet in tone and playful in its execution. Like so many of Moullet’s… Read more »
