River’s Edge
When I was in middle school my best friend Danny and I were obsessed with Crispin Glover’s performance in River’s Edge (1987). To this day whenever I have a beer… Read more »
Penda’s Fen
Filmmaker Alan Clarke’s reputation was built on works known for their stark realism. Clarke’s films are typified as emotionally violent character portraits that are critical of British institutions. Films like… Read more »
Celia
In Ann Turner’s film Celia (1989) the Hobyahs of English folklore are the central fantasy image and main allegory of the film’s narrative subtexts. The Hobyahs are creatures that dismantle… Read more »
Cast A Deadly Spell
Just a few years before reinvigorating the James Bond franchise with GoldenEye (1995) Martin Campbell directed the film Cast A Deadly Spell (1991) for HBO. Cast A Deadly Spell came… Read more »
Executive Descision
Filmmaker Stuart Baird was once Ken Russell’s film editor of choice before breaking into directing. As a director Baird is known for his action films (which he often edits). Baird… Read more »
Aliens On 4K UHD
I grew up with the laser disc of James Cameron’s Aliens (1986). From there I moved onto DVD and then Blu-Ray. Every jump in format was a jump in quality…. Read more »
Flesh + Blood
With Flesh + Blood (1985), Paul Verhoeven takes the classic Hollywood swashbuckler and imbues it with all of the brutality of its period. The brutality in Flesh + Blood is… Read more »
Daisy Kenyon
There are two moments in Otto Preminger’s film Daisy Kenyon (1947) when the music of David Raksin swells only to be cut short abruptly. This music begins non-diegetically to underscore… Read more »
Demons Of Deception
Demons Of Deception (1999) is the ninth film in The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones series. It’s a film that is comprised of two forty-five minute episodes. The first episode… Read more »
Scoop
Scoop (2024) follows in the mold of Spotlight (2015); another descendent of All The President’s Men (1976). These films focus on journalists working to get the truth out to the… Read more »
