Night Catches Us
Having lived in and around Philadelphia my entire life I felt a certain affinity for the general milieu of Night Catches Us (2010). Personally, one of the things that I… Read more »
Tiger Claws
In New York City a serial killer known as “the death dealer” (Bolo Yeung) is killing renowned martial artists with the ancient fighting technique of the Tiger. NYPD detectives Tarek… Read more »
Warlock
With actor Julian Sands still missing it seemed apt to revisit some of his most iconic film roles. People of my generation likely first discovered Sands via his Warlock films…. Read more »
Monkeybone
Henry Selick’s Monkeybone (2001) is a loose adaptation of Kaja Blackley and Vanessa Chong’s comic Dark Town with a heavy dose of Ralph Bakshi’s Cool World (1992) thrown in. When… Read more »
Viva Erotica
Viva Erotica (1996) is one of a relative few Category III films to have garnered the type of serious reputation usually reserved for international art films. The film is a… Read more »
L’Amour par terre
When Clément Roquemaure (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) attends an immersive theatre piece in a Parisian apartment he quickly realizes that the theatre troupe has plagiarized one of his lesser known works. Instead… Read more »
The Shout
With The Shout (1978) filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski adapts the neo-Gothic short story by Robert Graves with all of the grim social allegories that defined the “Polish School”. Essentially The Shout… Read more »
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (1930) was the first of two talkies that D.W. Griffith directed. In many ways Abraham Lincoln is more of an apologia than Intolerance (1916) was for the controversial… Read more »
Burlesque
Despite generally unfavorable reviews when it was first released, Burlesque (2010) has gone on to garner a kind of cult following. People enjoy the high camp of the film as… Read more »
The Demon’s Baby
The Demon’s Baby (1998) opens with General Hsu (Elvis Tsui) pillaging and ancient temple of its treasures. Among the many jewels and golden icons are five vessels, each containing an… Read more »
