Devil Fetus
Lau Hung-chuen’s Devil Fetus (1983) is a spectacularly gross and bonkers little film. The budget constraints show but the analogue special effects still pack a punch. Lau Hung-chuen is pretty… Read more »
The Batwoman
When Dr. Eric Williams (Roberto Cañedo) and his assistant Igor (Carlos Suárez) begin to realize their evil scheme of creating hundreds of fish-men with which to rule the oceans of… Read more »
The Whole Nine Yards
The Whole Nine Yards (2000) is essentially a retread of the crime film genre from a comedic angle, exploring similar ideas and themes as Married To The Mob (1988), Mickey… Read more »
Rolling Thunder
In Rolling Thunder (1977) screenwriter Paul Schrader imports many of the themes and ideas present in his script for Taxi Driver (1976) into the context of an American International exploitation… Read more »
Notting Hill
Roger Michell’s Notting Hill (1999) is the ultimate homage to Julia Roberts. In the nineties Julia Roberts was the pinnacle of the Hollywood leading lady and Notting Hill plays with… Read more »
Midnight
Midnight (1939) is the first of three films written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett that Mitchell Leisen directed. Midnight is a screwball comedy of mistaken identities that in the… Read more »
Summer Of Sam
Spike Lee’s Summer Of Sam (1999) charts the effects that David Berkowitz’s reign of terror has on a community in the Bronx. Lee weaves together a number of narratives as… Read more »
Tiptoes
Tiptoes (2003) apparently has a director’s cut of 150 minutes which is an hour longer than the widely released producer’s cut that I saw and will be writing about. The… Read more »
Judas & The Black Messiah
The FBI were too successful at spreading lies about the Black Panthers. When one watches Shaka King’s Judas & The Black Messiah (2021) it’s amazing to think that the entire… Read more »
Popeye
American vaudeville meets Jacques Tati’s Playtime (1967) in Robert Altman’s Popeye (1980). Every character that touches on the central narrative of the film is played with a life that extends… Read more »
