High Society
Before working at MGM, beginning in 1943, Charles Walters was one of the leading choreographers on Broadway. He had a good working relationship with Cole Porter which made him a… Read more »
Rabid
My two favorite David Cronenberg films are Rabid (1977) and Dead Ringers (1988). I like a lot of Cronenberg but I think he’s at his best when he’s at his… Read more »
Queen Bees
Queen Bees (2021) is a poorly scripted, haphazardly directed low budget film about the social and political structures within an old folks home. There’s a recurring theme throughout the film… Read more »
Galaxy Quest
I grew up in the nineties as a Star Trek fanatic (for the original series and the subsequent films with the original cast). I had toys of the Enterprise crew,… Read more »
Tough Guys Don’t Dance
Norman Mailer’s best novel is The Executioner’s Song. The author, whose voice can overpower his work, is almost entirely absent. The novel reads almost as a list of facts and… Read more »
Cash On Demand
Quentin Lawrence directed Cash On Demand (1961) and a couple of other films for Hammer Studios, making a specialty of thrillers throughout his long career. Cash On Demand benefits tremendously… Read more »
Decoder
Jürgen Muschalek’s (known as Muscha) directed the William S. Burroughs inspired cyberpunk film Decoder (1984) as a sort of reaction to the anti-Reagan protests that had broken out across West… Read more »
I, Jane Doe
John H. Auer was a producer and director at Republic Pictures for many years, churning out quick low budget films that lived on the success of bigger, more famous pictures…. Read more »
Naked Killer
Naked Killer (1992) is classic Wong Jing; it’s funny, campy, kinky, and wholly unpredictable. Naked Killer is a Category III Hong Kong thriller that lives in the same place as… Read more »
In The Heights
In The Heights (2021) is the first film that I have seen in a theater since The New Mutants (2020). Covid-19 kept us away from cinemas, and now that that… Read more »
