Mr. Rice’s Secret
Owen Walters (Bill Switzer) is a twelve year old boy with cancer. When his friend and neighbor Mr. Rice (David Bowie) passes away Owen and his daredevil friends discover a… Read more »
The Slime People
The old Hollywood studios saw Robert Hutton as a “knock-off” Jimmy Stewart; an actor good for supporting roles and sometimes the lead in a lower budget feature. Chances are you’ve… Read more »
I Spit On Your Grave
Meir Zarchi’s I Spit On Your Grave (1978) is one of the most infamously violent films ever made. Even by the standards of the late seventies genre picture I Spit… Read more »
A Child Is Waiting
John Cassavetes’ third feature film, A Child Is Waiting (1963), opens with one of the most heartbreaking scenes in American cinema. Ted Widdicombe (Steven Hill) has just brought his son… Read more »
Je vous salue, Marie
Jean-Luc Godard’s Je vous salue, Marie (1985) adapts that brief portion of The Gospel According To St. Matthew dealing with the Immaculate Conception. Godard omits the contents of the second… Read more »
Black Christmas
Bob Clark’s film Black Christmas (1974) is one of the earliest masterpieces of the slasher genre. It’s a film whose legacy and influence is indisputable. Not only did Black Christmas… Read more »
3615 code Père Noël
3615 code Père Noël (1989) is my favorite Christmas movie. Not only is this film a terribly effective genre piece but it also captures all of the childhood wonder and… Read more »
Since You Went Away
David O. Selznick’s production Since You Went Away (1944) is the essential wartime “weepie”. Selznick based the film on Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife… Read more »
Cobra
It’s Christmas time in Los Angeles and a new breed of gang, lead by “The Night Slasher” (Brian Thompson), holds the city in terror. The L.A.P.D. has no choice but… Read more »
The Silent Partner
Daryl Duke is one of those truly underrated directors. In the seventies Duke directed two bonafide classics; the first was Payday (1973) and the second was The Silent Partner (1978)…. Read more »
