The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
The Joe Berlinger series Conversations With A Killer on Netflix has had an immeasurable impact on the true crime documentary genre. Berlinger’s second series, The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (2022),… Read more »
Sukkubus – den Teufel im Leib
Much of the folklore regarding the Alps warns of the perils of the landscape, of nature. There’s another strain of folk tales that emphasizes the importance of adhering to one’s… Read more »
The Prestige
Christopher Nolan made The Prestige (2006) between his first and second Batman features. It was a return for Nolan to the pseudo non-linear narrative storytelling of Memento (2000) but with… Read more »
Diabel
Hypocrisy, oppression, guilt, manipulation and rage are the constants in society as it is seen by filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski. These are also the traits which, traditionally, the Devil exploits in… Read more »
The Female Animal
Universal Studios regular Harry Keller directed the Hedy Lamarr lead melodrama The Female Animal (1958). This campy riff on Sunset Boulevard (1950) sees the legendary Lamarr as Vanessa Windsor, an… Read more »
Sleepwalkers
Mick Garris and Stephen King have had a long and fruitful working relationship together, both good and bad. Their first full fledged collaboration, with Garris directing and King writing, was… Read more »
Mad Dog Morgan
Philippe Mora’s Mad Dog Morgan (1976) is a film that is at once very much in love with the Romantic depiction of the Australian bushranger while also being a kind… Read more »
Cyrano
The oft told (and adapted) tale of Cyrano de Bergerac, Roxanne and Christian de Neuvillette gets the musical treatment courtesy of The National and director Joe Wright. The project originated… Read more »
The Love God?
“This is a dirty case and a dirty little man.” The Love God? (1969) is easily the best of Don Knotts’ comedies. Unlike The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), The Ghost… Read more »
Redes
According to Martin Scorsese’s introduction to the Criterion Collection release of Redes (1936) the film is the product of a collaboration between the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, the Austrian expatriate… Read more »
