Effie Gray
Screenwriter Emma Thompson filters all the elegance and melodrama that is Merchant Ivory Productions’ stock and trade through the emotional evocations of environment which defined Andrea Arnolds’ Wuthering Heights (2011)… Read more »
Private School
For better or worse, the moment that Phoebe Cates went topless in Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) became a cultural touchstone for a generation. Although not significant enough a… Read more »
Lady Snowblood
Director Toshiya Fujita re-teamed with actress Meiko Kaji for the highly influential Lady Snowblood (1973). The duo had collaborated previously on Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970) and Alleycat Rock:… Read more »
Rise & Fall Of Idi Amin
When the Kenyan Film Commission enlisted noted producer Sharad Patel to direct and produce Rise & Fall Of Idi Amin (1981) the project was envisioned as a serious and prestigious… Read more »
Broadcast Girl
Broadcast Girl (2008) is a SOV pinku film directed by Takayuki Tamura. Tamura’s career as a filmmaker has focused exclusively on this erotic genre without any sense of strong stylization… Read more »
The Wicked City
Tsui Hark’s The Wicked City (1992) is an adaptation of the same novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi as the classic anime feature Wicked City (1987). While both films take liberties with… Read more »
Attica
“Wake up. Stop hiding” is the plea of an inmate that closes Cinda Firestone’s film Attica (1974). Firestone’s documentary Attica was made in the immediate wake of that infamous tragedy… Read more »
Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) is the fourth film in the titular franchise and my personal favorite of the bunch. Not only does the great Tom Savini return… Read more »
Broadway Melody Of 1940
Broadway Melody Of 1940 (1940) was the fourth and final film in MGM’s loosely connected franchise of backstage musical comedies. Production of the film was overseen by Jack Cummings, who… Read more »
The Osterman Weekend
The Osterman Weekend (1983) was the final film that the infamous Sam Peckinpah ever directed. The film is based on the 1972 Robert Ludlum novel of the same name and… Read more »
