Kingdom Of Heaven
When I was young I was really into Terry Jones’ miniseries Crusades (1995) when it came out. It’s a chapter of history that I find endlessly fascinating. I wished and… Read more »
Irma Vep
Olivier Assayas’ Irma Vep (1996) is something of a contemporary classic. I love the idea that a French filmmaker would watch The Heroic Trio (1993) on LaserDisc and cast Maggie… Read more »
Josie & The Pussycats
Straight out of the panels of Archie Comics comes Josie and the Pussycats (2001); a story about a band (Rachael Leigh Cook as Josie, Tara Reid as Melody, and Rosario… Read more »
China Girl
Dragon, an international criminal organization based in Hong Kong, is transitioning from dealing in narcotics too dealing in espionage. The first order of business is to obtain the secret formula… Read more »
Passing
Rebecca Hall’s debut feature film as a writer and director, Passing (2021), is a delicate and deeply moving drama. It took Hall’s experience as an actor to properly adapt Nella… Read more »
Alien From L.A.
Alien From L.A. (1988), a family adventure picture produced by Canon Films, borrows liberally from Jules Verne and L. Frank Baum while always being most faithful to the vision of… Read more »
Panna a netvor
Panna a netvor (1979), Juraj Herz’s re-telling of Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve’s fairytale La Belle et la Bête, is a tour de force in style and composition. In comparison to Jean… Read more »
Modesty Blaise
Joseph Losey’s film Modesty Blaise (1966) is the cinematic pinnacle of swinging London culture in the sixties. It’s a film that in turns is campy, reflexive, “mod”, satirical, and all… Read more »
Laurin
Robert Sigl’s film Laurin (1989) is a disturbing little fairytale film. The affective atmosphere and macabre foreboding that permeates every frame of Laurin render its themes of child abuse and… Read more »
Waterloo Bridge
Waterloo Bridge (1940) opens with aged general Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor) leaving London to go to war in 1939. On his way to Waterloo Station he stops at Waterloo Bridge… Read more »
