Lady Cocoa
“If you must know I’m going to shit, shower, and shampoo.” What better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with Matt Cimber’s Lady Cocoa (1975). The title character, played by the… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Stormy Monday
Mike Figgis’ first feature was the neon drenched neo-noir Stormy Monday (1988). Lensed by the great Roger Deakins, Stormy Monday is a lush and beautiful looking debut. Already Figgis’ preoccupation… Read more »
Love At Large
Alan Rudolph opens his film Love At Large (1990) with the Leonard Cohen song “Ain’t No Cure For Love” which sets the mood. Love At Large is a film set… Read more »
Dzieje grzechu
Dzieje grzechu (1975) is Walerian Borowczyk’s film adaptation of Stefan Żeromski’s novel of the same name. Both the film and the novel chart Ewa Pobratynska’s (Grażyna Długołęcka) descent in nineteenth… Read more »
The Last Night
The Last Night (1982) was made by Michael J. Murphy as part of a direct-to-video double bill with Invitation To Hell (1982). Both films were produced by Murphy for very… Read more »
Lady Dragon
“Life’s a bitch and then you die.” Ex-CIA agent Kathy Galager (Cynthia Rothrock) has sworn revenge on crime boss Ludwig Hauptman (Richard Norton) for the death of her husband. But… Read more »
The Exotic Ones
“All good little girls are bad once in a while.” Ron and June Ormond’s The Exotic Ones (1968) can be summed up by a single shot that proceeds the opening… Read more »
The Gambler
I first encountered The Gambler (1974) in my freshman year of college. I picked up a used VHS of the film from TLA Video. I liked James Caan and I… Read more »
Portrait Of Jennie
Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) is a struggling painter whose career is going nowhere until he meets a mysterious young woman named Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones). Jennie seems to move through… Read more »
Prime Evil
Prime Evil (1988) is classic Roberta Findlay. It’s sleazy and low budget. Findlay characteristically makes the most of limited means to create a film of Satanic terror that looks far… Read more »
