La Nuit américaine
Anyone who has ever worked on a film (underground, independent or otherwise) will appreciate La Nuit américaine (1973) all the more. Working on a film is living in an insular… Read more »
The Gypsy Moths
“If you lived here you’d be home now.” The Gypsy Moths (1969) was the final film that director John Frankenheimer made with leading man Burt Lancaster. The two men began… Read more »
Mannequin
When I was in college I used to walk passed the Macy’s in center city Philadelphia every day. I remember checking out the window displays, Dickens’ village and the pipe… Read more »
Voodoo Heartbeat
“Very strange circumstances surround the use of the serum or potion.” Voodoo Heartbeat (1972) is a regional horror film shot for the local drive-in market circa 1970. The film has… Read more »
Class
Andrew McCarthy has been back in the public eye promoting his new documentary Brats (2024). And while there wasn’t much to redeem what amounts to a ninety minute pity party,… Read more »
The Inferno
“I am bringing Hell to everyone” The Inferno (1979) is one of those rare films by Tatsumi Kumashiro that isn’t overtly erotic or a sexploitation film. The Inferno finds the… Read more »
Alex In Wonderland
Alex In Wonderland (1970) is director Paul Mazursky’s 8½ (1963). The film’s protagonist Alex Morrison (Donald Sutherland) references the film in dialogue about as often as Mazursky does cinematographically. Federico… Read more »
Pioniere In Ingolstadt
“That’s the only thing you have as a soldier; the women.” Pioniere in Ingolstadt (1971) was filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ninth film in three years. The film adapts Marieluise Fleißer’s… Read more »
Begin Again
In Begin Again (2013) filmmaker John Carney wears his influences on his sleeve. A Star Is Born (any version) looms large over Begin Again as do films like High Fidelity… Read more »
Die! Die! My Darling!
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965) was the great Tallulah Bankhead’s final film but it was also one of the late Donald Sutherland’s first films. Sutherland’s early career in British horror… Read more »
