Marry Me
Marry Me (2022) is a film that wears its influences on its sleeve; it’s part James L. Brooks and part Nancy Meyers. Marry Me brings the romantic comedy of the… Read more »
Iguana
Monte Hellman’s reputation for making artful B-movies was made in the mid-sixties with a pair of westerns; The Shooting (1966) and Ride In The Whirlwind (1966). It is for these… Read more »
Castle Freak
Before going into production on Space Truckers (1996), Stuart Gordon directed Castle Freak (1995) for Charles Band’s Full Moon Features. Gordon was obliged to shoot Castle Freak on a low… Read more »
Best Friends
Crown International Pictures (CIP) sold Noel Nosseck’s Best Friends (1975) as pure exploitation fare. The ad copy as well as the poster illustrations implied that the premise of the film… Read more »
Abschied von gestern
It wouldn’t be a stretch to call Alexander Kluge the “father” of New German Cinema. Kluge was an original signatory of the Oberhausen Manifesto and it was his early films… Read more »
Kenny & Company
Don Coscarelli’s films, no matter their genre, feel uniquely personal to the filmmaker; these are the films Coscarelli always wanted to make. In a manner similar to that of John… Read more »
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
From the wild imagination of Makoto Tezuka comes Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero (1990). Shot directly to video, Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero is an artifact of its time, boasting some of… Read more »
Deep Water
After a twenty year absence Adrian Lyne has returned to filmmaking. Deep Water (2022) is nowhere near Lyne’s masterpiece, Jacob’s Ladder (1990), but it never pretends to be. What Lyne… Read more »
Jennifer’s Body
Jennifer’s Body (2009) has been the subject of a remarkable reappraisal since its initial release. In those intervening years critics and audience’s have embraced its feminist message. When Jennifer’s Body… Read more »
La pelle
Liliana Cavani’s film La pelle (1981) is based on a novel of the same name by author Curzio Malaparte which was subsequently banned by the Catholic Church. The film, like… Read more »
