Lifespan
Dr. Linden (Eric Schneider) has been experimenting on human beings at a retirement home in an effort to unlock the secret to immortality when he hangs himself. Dr. Land (Hiram… Read more »
Vendredi soir
Claire Denis’ Vendredi soir (2002) is the director’s most intimate character portrait. Emmanuèle Bernheim adapted her novel into a screenplay in collaboration with Denis with an emphasis on the interiority… Read more »
Zone Troopers
Zone Troopers (1985) is the follow-up collaboration between filmmakers Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Richard Band and actor Tim Thomerson after their cult success with Trancers (1984). Both films are… Read more »
The Sparks Brothers
Early on in Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers (2021) someone says something like “Sparks is a band whose wikipedia article you could read and still know nothing about them”…. Read more »
Get Crazy
Watching Get Crazy (1983) I kept wishing that I had grown up in a world where a middle-aged Lou Reed was an idol to teenagers everywhere. I’ve seen few films… Read more »
Behind Convent Walls
Walerian Borowczyk’s erotic films all typically engage in an aesthetic discourse with nineteenth century texts, often as a means of examining the consistencies of our cultures’ fetishes. Borowczyk’s approach to… Read more »
Love & Pop
Love & Pop (1998), based on a novel by Ryū Murakami, follows sixteen year old Hiromi (Asumi Miwa) as she embarks into the world of compensated dating in order to… Read more »
Mankillers
In 1987 David A. Prior had a banner year releasing three of his most beloved cult classics; Deadly Prey, Killer Workout, and Mankillers. Prior’s the one auteur of the eighties… Read more »
Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man
Ruggero Deodato’s poliziotteschi picture Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man (1976) was a big hit when it was first released and solidified Deodato’s comeback in the cinema. As… Read more »
Four Frightened People
Four Frightened People (1934) is an underrated entry in director Cecil B. DeMille’s filmography. It may lack the scope and grandeur of The King Of Kings (1927) or Cleopatra (1934)… Read more »
