Saturn 3
I went into Saturn 3 (1980) as a fan of Martin Amis’ work, particularly The Pregnant Widow, only to discover later that a majority of the final script had been… Read more »
The Beastmaster
After being really impressed with Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979) I thought I’d watch his most infamous film, The Beastmaster (1982). The Beastmaster is one of those “sword and sorcery” films,… Read more »
Christiane F.
Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, directed by Ulli Edel, was released in 1981; a year before Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s death, the point in time which critics seem… Read more »
Little Fugitive
In 1953, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin adopted the Neo-Realist technique almost verbatim to create a film about American youth; Little Fugitive. Like Rossellini and the Neo-Realists, Orkin and Engel’s film… Read more »
Clifford
Back in the day, Clifford (1994) was one of the films I rented most often from Pathmark (back when grocery stores rented VHS tapes). It’s always been a favorite film… Read more »
The Black Test Car
Yasuzo Masumura was the preeminent commentator on Japanese society in the post-war period. His style was diverse; ranging from the melodramatic Manji (1964) to the erotic Blind Beast (1969). All… Read more »
The Clowns
“The clown was always the caricature of a well-established, ordered, peaceful society. But today all is temporary, disordered, and grotesque. Who can still laugh at clowns? Hippies, politicians, the man… Read more »
La carrière de Suzanne
In 1962, film journalist turned filmmaker, Eric Rohmer, completed his second film inspired by F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise (1927), Suzanne’s Career. Produced by Barbet Schroeder (already an established cinematic force in France), Suzanne’s Career… Read more »
Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
Everyone knows how instrumental the successful franchise is to contemporary Hollywood marketing. As a motivating factor as well as an aesthetic trend setter the franchise cannot be underestimated. Consider the… Read more »
The American Dreamer Soundtrack
No matter how one feels about The American Dreamer (1971), one has to admit that it has a pretty amazing soundtrack; Gene Clark, Hello People, and John Buck WIlkin all… Read more »
